Thanks for the reply. We're a 1930s semi with a fairly small chimney. The guy did say he'd need scafolding but said that he has his own and wouldn't be using a third party scaff company. To be honest, it seems astronomically high for what he's describing.
Hiya.
We've had rainwater seeping down one side of our chimney breast in the loft and recently had a roofer out to quote for repair. He's come back with the figure of just over £1000 for replacement of the flashing around the chimney.
I may be being a touch naive but that seems a rather...