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Is this par for the course?
Yes. Unless its sold as 'in fabulous just renovated condition'. Is the roof original? If not the fact that's damaged might indicate it wasn't done very well.
Is it reasonable to price negotiate on these findings?
Possibly, see above. Depends on your position, how the sale has proceeded so far etc. You could float going halves on the repairs, that's what we did, which went down OK.
It's a massive ball ache to get anyone out to do any work on anything at the moment without throwing vast sums of cash at them, mind. Surveyor's estimates may be unrealistically low.
Howard
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I've had a survey done on an Edwardian house that recommends about £7-£10k of immediate repairs.
The main ones are repairing parts of the roof (replacing various broken tiles, rather than a new roof); repointing some brickwork; replacing some guttering; new flashings near some guttering.
Is this par for the course? Is it reasonable to price negotiate on these findings?