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AeroInspectors

Drone roof inspections

Find out what is wrong with your roof before you pay for scaffolding.

Photographs of every slope, valley and chimney, flown from the ground. A written report you can hand straight to a roofer or an insurer, within 48 hours.

Founding rate £99 Evenings and weekends No ladders, no scaffold
Sample frame AI-0412 SO23 · 42m AGL · 4 findings

Select a marker to read the finding. This is a sample, not a real property.

Why us

We do not repair roofs, so nobody is grading your roof to win the repair job.

Most drone roof surveys in Hampshire are run by roofing firms. The survey is cheap, sometimes free, because the repair quote follows it. That is a reasonable way to run a roofing business. It is a poor way to get an impartial answer about your roof.

We inspect. We do not hold a ladder, a scaffold or a tile. If you want us to organise the repairs afterwards we will, for a fixed fee that is printed on this page, and we take nothing from the contractor. Our fee is the same whether your roof needs one tile or a full recover, so there is no version of this where we earn more by calling something urgent.

What that means in practice

No repair quote arrives with your report, and nobody rings to sell you one. Repair help is there if you ask for it and invisible if you do not.

Findings are graded on what the photographs show, using the same wording on every job, so this year's report can be read against last year's.

You own the imagery. The download link stays live and you can send it to as many roofers, surveyors or insurers as you want.

Straight answer

AeroInspectors started in 2026, and we would rather tell you that than imply 20 years we have not had.

Plenty of firms in this trade lean on a history they cannot evidence. We are new, we are building this carefully, and the first 20 reports matter more to us than they will to anyone with a full order book.

01

Founding rate, first 20 inspections

£99 instead of £149 for a visual inspection, in exchange for an honest review afterwards. Write what you actually think. A bad review we deserve is more use to us than no reviews at all.

02

One person, start to finish

The pilot who flies your roof writes your report and answers the phone when you ring about it. No call centre, no handover, no report written by someone who never saw the building.

03

Evenings and weekends

We fly outside office hours as standard, so you do not have to take a day off work to be there. Most of the trade cannot say that.

04

You do not pay if it is not usable

If the weather turns, the airspace is closed or the imagery is not good enough to draw a conclusion from, there is no charge and no argument about it.

The money

Scaffolding can cost more than £800 before anyone has looked at your roof.

Access is usually the expensive part of a roof inspection, not the inspection. Scaffolding also comes with a minimum hire period, and a council licence if it stands on a pavement.

A drone inspection costs roughly a fifth of a scaffold inspection on a typical house.

Figure 1 · Indicative UK cost to inspect a two-storey home, 2026, £

Scaffolding hire, plus roofer
800 to 2,500
Cherry picker for a day, plus roofer
450 to 950
Drone inspection with report
149 to 495
01,2502,500

Ranges are UK market figures for 2026 published by Checkatrade, Fix My Roof and Blackacre Surveyors, and cross-checked against advertised prices from drone survey firms operating in Hampshire and Surrey. Bars show the upper end of each range against a zero-based axis. Your quote depends on roof size, pitch and access.

The deliverable

Every inspection ends with a document you can act on, not a folder of photographs.

Anyone can fly a drone over a house. The part that decides whether the money was worth spending is what lands in your inbox afterwards.

01

Full photographic coverage

Between 40 and 80 high-resolution stills covering every slope, valley, hip, chimney and gutter run, plus 4K video of each elevation.

02

Numbered findings

Each defect gets a reference, a marked photograph, a plain-English description and a location on the roof so a roofer knows exactly where to go.

03

A severity grade

Urgent, repair soon or monitor. Graded on visible evidence, with the reasoning written out, so you can decide what to spend money on first.

04

Recommended next steps

What each finding means, whether it needs a closer look from a roofer or a surveyor, and what tends to happen if it is left for another winter.

05

A link that does not expire

Original files at full resolution, yours to keep and to forward. Useful when three roofers are quoting from the same evidence.

06

Flight and compliance record

Date, time, weather, altitude, operator details and airspace clearance. Insurers and managing agents tend to ask for this. It is included as standard.

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What we inspect

The roof is what people ring about, but the same flight covers everything above head height.

Most enquiries start with one problem and turn up two others. Tell us what is worrying you and we will say which of these the job actually needs.

ROOF

Roof condition

Tiles, slates, ridges, hips, valleys, flashing and felt. The standard job, and the one that answers most leaks.

GUTTERS

Gutters and drainage

Blockages, standing water, failed joints, sagging runs and outlets. Photographed from above, which is the only way to see inside them without a ladder.

CHIMNEY

Chimney stacks

Pointing, flaunching, flashing, pots and leaning. A common source of damp in an upstairs room and hard to assess from the ground.

STORM

Storm damage

Flown quickly after the event, with the date, time and weather recorded, because insurers ask when the damage happened.

DAMP

Moisture investigation

Where a leak has been chased and not found. A targeted look at the likely entry points rather than a general survey. Available from 2027.

THERMAL

Thermal imagery

Heat loss, trapped moisture in flat roofs and failed insulation, which a normal camera cannot see. Available from 2027.

CONDITION

Condition surveys

A full written record of the building envelope for a managing agent, a trustee board or a maintenance budget.

RE-CHECK

Verification after works

A second flight once a roofer has finished, compared against the original photographs, so you can see what you paid for.

Who books us

The same flight answers four different questions, so we write the report for the person asking.

You have a stain on the ceiling and three different opinions about why.

A leak inside a house rarely starts above the stain. Water tracks along battens and rafters before it shows. Photographs of the whole roof, taken close enough to read individual tiles, turn a guess into a shortlist.

It is also the cheapest way to check a roof before you buy a house, or after a storm, when you want to know whether to worry.

  • Nobody stands on your roof or leans a ladder against your gutters
  • You can compare roofer quotes against one shared set of photographs
  • A clean report is useful evidence when you come to sell
  • Most jobs do not need you at home, as long as we can reach the boundary

Quoting accurately is easier when you have seen the whole roof first.

Pricing a job from the ground means padding the quote for what you cannot see, or eating the difference when you get up there. A flight the day before a site visit removes most of that guesswork.

We work as a subcontractor on trade rates, and the report goes out under your name if you want it to. We will not contact your client.

  • Trade pricing, with a standing rate for regular work
  • White-label reports carrying your logo and contact details
  • Before and after flights to evidence completed work
  • No approach to your customer, ever

Storm damage claims turn on dated, timed evidence of the roof.

Insurers ask when the damage happened and whether it was sudden or the result of gradual wear. A flight within days of a storm, with a flight log attached, answers the first question. Close imagery of the failure point helps with the second.

Our findings describe what is visible and what it suggests. We do not write a conclusion about liability, because that is the loss adjuster's job and a report that oversteps gets discounted.

  • Evening and weekend flights, so damage is photographed while it is fresh
  • Time-stamped imagery with a full flight record
  • Unedited original files supplied alongside the report
  • Written so a loss adjuster can follow it without a phone call

One visit can cover a terrace, a block or a whole small portfolio.

Reactive roof spend is expensive because problems are found by tenants, in the rain, at the worst time of year. An annual flight across a portfolio gives you a dated condition baseline and a maintenance list you can budget against.

Reports come per property, with a summary that ranks the sites by what needs attention first.

  • Portfolio rates, with several properties flown in a day
  • Repeat flights year on year, compared against the previous set
  • Evidence for service charge consultations and reserve fund planning
  • No disruption to residents, no access to individual flats needed

How it works

Booking takes 2 minutes, the flight takes an hour and the report arrives inside 48 hours.

STEP 01

Tell us the postcode

Send the address, the property type and what is worrying you. We check the airspace, confirm a fixed price and offer a slot. Enquiries are answered every evening, and within a couple of hours at weekends.

STEP 02

We fly, from the ground

Around 45 to 60 minutes on site for a typical house, most often on a weekday evening or at a weekend. No ladders, no scaffold, no access to your loft. We knock first and we tell neighbours what we are doing.

STEP 03

The report reaches you

Within 48 hours, by email and as a download link. Read it, ring us with questions at no charge, then send it to whoever needs it.

Pricing

Prices are on this page because you should not have to ring to find out if you can afford it.

Fixed quotes, confirmed before we book you in. Travel within Hampshire and Surrey is included. No charge if the weather or the airspace stops us producing a usable report.

Visual inspection

One roof, one question, a quick answer

£99Founding rate, first 20 bookings. £149 after that. Including VAT

  • Full photographic coverage of the roof
  • One-page summary of what we found
  • Severity grade on each finding
  • Download link, yours to keep
Book a visual inspection
Most homes

Reported inspection

The version you hand to a roofer, an insurer or a buyer

£395Including VAT

  • Everything in the visual inspection
  • 4K video of each elevation
  • Full written report, numbered findings, marked photographs and recommendations
  • Standard defect wording, so it can be read against next year's report
  • Flight and compliance record for insurers
  • A call to walk you through it
Book a reported inspection

Advanced investigation

Leaks that have been chased and not found, and disputes

From £595Including VAT, quoted once we know the property

  • Everything in the reported inspection
  • Targeted investigation of a specific defect rather than a general sweep
  • Moisture investigation and thermal imagery, from 2027
  • Written for a claim, an adjuster or a disagreement with a contractor
Ask about an investigation

Commercial and portfolio

Flat roofs, blocks, schools, industrial units

From £1,000Excluding VAT, quoted per site

  • Report written for a claim, a tender or a maintenance budget
  • Several properties flown in one day
  • Repeat surveys compared against the previous year
  • Annual inspection plans, priced per property
Ask for a quote

After the report

Three things can happen next, and two of them make us nothing.

A report that leaves you stuck is only half a job. Here is every route out of it, including the ones where you never speak to us again.

ROUTE 01

Nothing needs doing

Roughly a third of the roofs we look at are sound. You get that in writing, dated, with the photographs to prove it. Useful when you sell, and it costs you nothing further.

ROUTE 02

You take it to your own roofer

Send the report to whoever you like. Numbered findings and marked photographs mean three roofers can quote against identical evidence, which is the only way to compare quotes properly. We make nothing from this and we do not need to.

ROUTE 03

We organise the work for you

If you would rather not manage it, we write the scope, get prices from contractors we have checked, hold them to agreed rates and re-inspect afterwards. £250 fixed, printed here, the same whether the job is one tile or a full recover. We take nothing from the contractor.

A roof inspected once is a photograph. A roof inspected every year is a record.

Annual inspection plan

One flight a year, compared against the last, with the same wording on every finding so you can see what is getting worse and what has stayed still. It turns a roof from something you react to into something you can budget for. Landlords, managing agents and trustee boards tend to want this. Homeowners with an older roof often do too.

£95 a year for a house after your first inspection, or priced per property across a portfolio. Cancel whenever you like.

Ask about an annual plan

Airspace

Much of Hampshire sits under restricted airspace, and the permissions are our problem, not yours.

Between civil airports, military airfields and the Solent, a large share of the county needs clearance before anyone can legally fly. Firms that skip that step are flying illegally and their imagery is worth very little in a claim.

We check the airspace against your postcode before we confirm the booking, and apply for clearance where it is needed. There is no charge for it, and we tell you honestly if a site cannot be flown.

  • Southampton AirportClearance required
  • Farnborough AirportClearance required
  • RAF OdihamClearance required
  • Middle WallopClearance required
  • Solent coastal stripCase by case
  • Winchester, Basingstoke, GuildfordUsually open

Questions

The things people ring up and ask before they book.

How much does a drone roof inspection cost?

£149 for a visual inspection, currently £99 for the first 20 bookings, and £395 for a full reported inspection, both including VAT. Advanced investigations start at £595 and commercial sites at £1,000 plus VAT, quoted per building. The price is fixed before we book you in and travel within Hampshire and Surrey is included.

Do I need to be at home?

Usually not. We need safe access to somewhere we can take off and land, normally a garden, a driveway or a nearby open space. If your property is terraced or hemmed in, we will say so when you book and arrange a time that suits you.

What happens if it rains?

We do not fly in rain or in winds above roughly 25mph, because the imagery is not good enough to be worth having. If the weather turns, we ring you the day before and move the slot at no cost. You are not charged until the flight has happened.

Are you insured and CAA registered?

We do not fly commercially without CAA registration and public liability cover in place, and we will send you the certificates before you book if you ask. Ring us and we will talk you through exactly what we hold.

What about my neighbours and their privacy?

We fly the roof, not the gardens, and the camera stays pointed at the building. We knock on adjoining properties before a flight where it makes sense. Any incidental footage of a neighbouring property is removed before the report goes out.

Will my insurer accept the report?

Insurers and loss adjusters generally accept dated, timed photographic evidence with a flight record attached, and that is what we supply. We describe what is visible rather than ruling on liability, which is the adjuster's decision. If your insurer has a specific format they want, tell us and we will follow it.

Can a drone replace a full building survey?

No. A drone sees the outside of the roof in detail and nothing else. It cannot check timbers, lift a slate or test for damp. It is a good first step that tells a surveyor or roofer exactly where to look, and it often removes the need for scaffold access altogether.

Do you fix the problems you find?

No. We inspect, we do not repair, and no repair quote arrives with your report. If you would rather not manage the work yourself we will organise it for a fixed £250, using contractors we have checked, and we take no commission from them. The fee is the same whatever the works cost, so nothing we find changes what we earn. If you would rather use your own roofer, use your own roofer.

Should I have the roof inspected every year?

If the roof is over 25 years old, if you let the property, or if you are responsible for a block, then probably yes. Damage is much cheaper to fix in the year it appears. Our annual plan is £95 a year for a house after the first inspection, and each report is compared against the last one using the same wording, so you can see what has changed rather than reading it fresh every time.

You are a new business. Why should I book you?

Fair question. We started in 2026, so we cannot point at 200 reviews. What we can point at is the sample report on this page, a fixed price agreed before we book you in, a founding rate on the first 20 inspections and no charge at all if we cannot produce something usable. Ring and speak to the person who will fly your roof before you commit to anything.

How quickly can you come out?

Usually within a week, and often sooner. We fly evenings and weekends as standard, which is when most people would rather have us there anyway. Weather and airspace clearance are the two things that move a date, and we tell you as soon as either becomes a problem.

Which areas do you cover?

All of Hampshire and Surrey, including Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Andover, Eastleigh, Fareham, Farnborough, Guildford, Woking, Farnham and Godalming. Sites just outside those counties are usually possible, with travel quoted up front.

Book

Send the postcode and we will come back with a price and a slot.

Enquiries are answered every evening, and within a couple of hours at weekends. If it is urgent, ring instead, because a phone call is faster than a form.

07377 599 023
hello@aeroinspectors.co.uk

We use your details to quote for this inspection and nothing else. No mailing list, no sharing with roofers. If you are just outside our area, tell us anyway and we will say honestly whether we can reach you.

Thanks. Your enquiry is with us and we will come back with a price and a slot, usually the same working day.

Roofs are what we are known for, but the drone does other work too.

Commercial filming, site progress photography and mapping, for clients who need aerial work that is not an inspection. Ask and we will quote.

Aerial filming FPV fly-throughs Site progress photography Mapping and 3D models Post-production