Roofer laying terracotta tiles onto battens, photographed from behind
On site
About Kestrel

Experienced roofing across Melbourne

Kestrel Roofing & Renovations is a family-run roofing business working across Melbourne. Jack O'Donoghue has more than ten years of hands-on roofing, including restorations, renovations and repairs.

Jack is the owner and the person you deal with. He is on the roof for the work, and he is who you speak to about the quote. We handle everything from a single repair through to complete roof restoration and renovation projects.

10+ years Hands-on roofing experience
Family-run You deal with the person doing the work
Fully insured Confirmed before work starts
What to expect

What Kestrel stands for

Not values on a wall. These are the four things that decide how we quote and how we work.

Straightforward advice

We explain what the roof needs in terms you can act on, including the parts that can wait. If you do not need the work, we would rather tell you than sell it to you.

Proper workmanship

Repairs, restorations and renovations done in the right order, with the right materials, and finished properly at the edges where shortcuts usually show.

Accountability

A family-run business, so you know who quoted the job and who is responsible for it. Nothing is passed down a chain of subcontractors.

Long-term thinking

The appropriate work for the roof, not automatically the biggest job. A reputation in Melbourne is worth more to us than one oversized quote.

Family-run

A family-run roofing business

What that actually means for you, rather than what it sounds like in a brochure.

Direct communication You speak to the person doing the work, not a call centre or an account manager.
One person accountable The same person quotes the job, runs it and answers for it afterwards.
Reputation is the business Small local companies live on referrals. That is a stronger incentive than any policy.
A real local business A registered Melbourne company working on houses, not a subcontracting arrangement behind a call-centre brand.
Terracotta tiled roof with fresh grey pointing and black gutters, seen from above
Terracotta roof with a ladder to the eaves and a work van parked at the house
Capability

Experience across more than just repairs

Plenty of roofers are set up for call-outs: replace a few tiles, reseal a flashing, move on. Others only quote full replacements. Kestrel works across the whole range, which matters because most roofs sit somewhere in between.

That means one company can handle an isolated roofing problem or a complete roof project - and can tell you honestly which one you have.

Roof restorationsRoof renovationsRe-roofingRoof repairsRepointing & re-beddingRoof cleaningCoatings & colour restorationFlat roofingChimney workGutteringFascias & soffits
The same terracotta roof after cleaning, natural tile colour with solar panels still in place
Hands working flexible pointing along a ridge, with a Westflex Starpoint bucket beside the work
Charcoal gutter and white soffit against a rendered wall
Kestrel Roofing & Renovations Kestrel Roofing & Renovations Pty Ltd · Melbourne, Victoria
Brick Melbourne house with a dark tiled roof, green gutters and chimney, photographed from the street
Free inspection and written quote

Looking for a roofer you can deal with directly?

Repairs, restorations, renovations or broader roofing work - you will be talking to the person who will be on the roof. Tell us what is happening and we will arrange a time to look at it.