Drone Survey Devon
Drone Roof Survey
The core service. Every roof slope photographed from the air, written up and with you inside 48 hours, wherever in the county the roof is.
This is the survey most people book, and it runs the same way whether the address is a terrace in Exeter or a farmhouse on the Tavistock road. The aircraft covers every slope, ridge and valley from a safe standoff distance, and the report follows within 48 hours.
The part that changes town to town is not the survey itself, it is getting there. Devon is a big county and a lot of it is a long way from anyone based outside it. Working from Exeter puts most of the county inside a comfortable travel radius, and that travel sits inside the fixed price rather than turning up as a line item afterwards.
For a buyer weighing up a local surveyor against a national firm, that is the practical difference: one visit, one point of contact, and a surveyor who has usually already flown somewhere nearby and knows the roads.
What is included
- Every roof slope covered, wherever in Devon the property is
- Close detail on ridges, valleys, stacks and flashings
- Travel across the county included in the fixed price
- A written report within 48 hours with annotated images
- Full resolution originals to hand to a roofer or agent
- Booking that works around the next available slot, not a queue
Why coverage matters as much as the camera
A drone and a competent pilot are not hard to find close to Exeter. They get harder to find the further out you go, which is exactly where county wide coverage earns its keep: a survey booked from Okehampton, Kingsbridge or Bideford is treated the same as one booked from the city centre, at the same fixed price structure with the same 48 hour turnaround.
That matters because the alternative is usually a national booking platform that subcontracts the actual flight to whoever is nearest on their list, with no guarantee the same person turns up twice or that they know the county at all. One surveyor covering the whole of Devon means the person who flies the survey is the person who wrote the quote.
What a survey can and cannot see
A flown survey records the visible condition of everything the camera can see on the day, in that day's light and weather. It does not see through a covering, so rot in a rafter or a failed underlay cannot be reported on from above. Where something needs opening up to be certain, the report says so rather than guessing.
On the day
How a roof survey runs
- Step 1
Address and booking
Send the address and what you want looking at. Travel time from Exeter is worked out as part of the quote, so the fixed price already accounts for where you are.
- Step 2
Site check
Airspace and a lawful take off point checked before the date is confirmed, wherever the property sits in the coverage area.
- Step 3
The flight
A methodical pass round each elevation, then close work on the details. Typically half an hour to an hour on site.
- Step 4
The report
Images sorted, findings written in plain words, with you inside 48 hours by email.
Behind the work
Kit, cover and qualifications
Devon based, county wide
Working from Exeter and covering the whole of Devon, plus the nearest towns across the Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset borders. Travel is inside the fixed price.
CAA registered
Operator ID and Flyer ID held, plus the A2 Certificate of Competency. Every flight is planned to the rules that apply to the site, wherever in the coverage area it is.
100 megapixel camera
A DJI Mavic 4 Pro with a Hasselblad camera and 6K video. The resolution that lets a survey stand off a building at a safe distance and still show real detail.
Insured with Coverdrone
Full commercial cover for the operation. Certificates go to managing agents, committees and insurers as a matter of course.
Roof survey
Drone Roof Survey questions
- Do you cover my town if it is not near Exeter?
- Almost certainly. The whole point of this site is county wide coverage, plus the nearest parts of Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset. Send the address and a fixed price comes back that already includes travel.
- Does a longer drive mean a longer wait for a booking?
- Not usually. Jobs across the county get grouped by area where possible, and the fixed price already accounts for travel, so a booking from the far side of Dartmoor is not treated as a special case.
Where
Drone Roof Survey across the South West
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Book a survey with Drone Survey Devon
Tell us the address and what you need looking at. Sam Hembury will come back with a fixed price and the next available slot.