Roof joint with adjoining properties

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I've recently had a roofer replace a roof for me. It definately needed doing, you could see daylight through various holes in the slates when in the loft. A lot of the timbers were rotten as it had been left to leak for years (before I bought the house). The slates didn't look great as they came off, so rightly or wrongly we decided to replace with new tiles as it didn't look like that many slates could be re-used.

Here are some photos of the end result. The join with the houses on either side are mortar joints, although I'm told there is a hidden gully beneath so any water soaking into the mortar won't get through. However, I was expecting it to look a bit "tidier" like the other photo I've posted (an identical house on the same row). My question is, is there anything actually wrong with it as it is? Or is the strip on the other roof just cosmetically better but not a requirement?
 

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Pics not the best, much tidier with a bonding gutter imo.
 
Sorry, it's the best I can do with my 5 year old phone. Could a bonding gutter be put on at this stage, given there is already a hidden gutter? The pic of the other house, is that a bonding gutter?
 
There are different types of bonding gutters, but the question is why would you put concrete tiles in the middle of a slated terraced street?
 
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Thank you, I think I understand. The reason for the tiles not slate is cost. The existing slates were in poor condition. You could see daylight in the loft through holes in them. The majority were not salvageable. The cost of buying real slates was a lot more than tiles. I simply couldn't stretch to new slate. Although the houses either side still have the original slate on, quite a few on the street have already been replaced, so presumably the slates were not the best in the first place? Unless it's age; the houses are about 130 years old.
 

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