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Tell us the address and what you are trying to find out
- Phone
- 07723 572149
- Based
- Exeter, covering Devon and the South West.
- What to send
- The full address including the postcode, roughly what the building is, and the thing that made you look this up. If somebody else asked you to get a survey, say who and what they asked for, because that usually decides the format.
Ask about a survey
Everything here goes to one inbox and comes back from a person. If a survey is the wrong answer for your problem, that is what you will be told.
Before you ask
What you are dealing with
CAA registered
Registered with the Civil Aviation Authority as an operator, with both an Operator ID and a Flyer ID held. Anybody flying a camera drone for you should hold both.
A2 Certificate of Competency
The qualification that covers flying closer to buildings and to people than the basic rules allow. It is not a GVC and this site does not claim one.
Insured with Coverdrone
Commercial flights are covered by a Coverdrone policy. A copy of the certificate is available on request, and most managing agents will ask for it.
One named surveyor
Sam Hembury plans and flies every job himself and writes up every report. There is no crew and no subcontractor, so the person you speak to is the person who turns up.
DJI Mavic 4 Pro
A 100 megapixel Hasselblad camera and 6K video. That resolution is the reason a cracked mortar joint is readable in a photograph taken from twenty metres away.
DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced
Carries a 640 by 512 radiometric thermal camera alongside the ordinary one, which is a different job: heat and moisture rather than condition.
Report within 48 hours
The written report follows the flight within 48 hours. It is a process commitment rather than a promise about what the report will find.
Construction background
The reports are written by somebody who worked in construction before flying, so a defect is described in the words a builder or a roofer will use back to you.