Gap in eaves overhang at roof valley

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I've already made a post that is related to this, so I hope it's okay to post this, as it's kind of a separate issue that got buried in my first post.

As you can see from the photos, at the end of the roof valley there is a v shaped gap in the overhang, which has led to quite a lot of water ingress behind the fascia. I eventually worked out the problem is caused by the eaves for the roof on the right being deeper than the roof on the left. So, the corner of the walls and the roof valley are on one alignment, but the corner of the eaves is different. There is a mismatch between them, causing this odd arrangement at the bottom end of the roof valley and the subsequent gap on the right side.





I've no idea how to go about fixing this. My only idea at the moment is to replace this tile, without cutting the corner off. It would be quite ugly, ruin the line of the valley and makes a bottleneck at the end but at the moment it seems like a better option than leaving it. What do you think? If you have an easy option I'd be very glad to hear it.

 
I've already made a post that is related to this, so I hope it's okay to post this, as it's kind of a separate issue that got buried in my first post.

As you can see from the photos, at the end of the roof valley there is a v shaped gap in the overhang, which has led to quite a lot of water ingress behind the fascia. I eventually worked out the problem is caused by the eaves for the roof on the right being deeper than the roof on the left. So, the corner of the walls and the roof valley are on one alignment, but the corner of the eaves is different. There is a mismatch between them, causing this odd arrangement at the bottom end of the roof valley and the subsequent gap on the right side.





I've no idea how to go about fixing this. My only idea at the moment is to replace this tile, without cutting the corner off. It would be quite ugly, ruin the line of the valley and makes a bottleneck at the end but at the moment it seems like a better option than leaving it. What do you think? If you have an easy option I'd be very glad to hear it.

Looking at those images more closely - I'd say the culprit is not the valley falling short, rather some alterations to the roof have occurred that have unintentionally altered the fascia/soffit line of the one elevation, bringing it forward of where it is supposed to be. The soffit depth and the the way the valley bisects the corner is all wrong.
 
Looking at those images more closely - I'd say the culprit is not the valley falling short, rather some alterations to the roof have occurred that have unintentionally altered the fascia/soffit line of the one elevation, bringing it forward of where it is supposed to be. The soffit depth and the the way the valley bisects the corner is all wrong.
It's original believe it or not. It's not just the soffits, the corbel stone on one of the walls is about twice the size as on the other wall. It somehow survived like this for 30 odd years. Unless there used to be some bodge there that has now disintegrated and disappeared.

It can be remedied with a lead soaker.
Looking at your roof, I’d say it needs a good overhaul.

I searched for soakers as I confess I didn't know what they were. I'm not sure how specifically a soaker would fit. But I can see slipping some lead sheet in there would cover that gap.

Overhauling the whole roof is a bit beyond me, and the budget, at the moment to be honest. Make do and mend is all I can do
 

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