Drone roof and facade surveys in Essex
Drone roof, facade and thermal surveys across Essex for homeowners, schools, managing agents and commercial landlords. Every roof plane and elevation recorded close up, without scaffold.
Buildings we inspect across Essex
Commercial and industrial units
Large flat and profiled roofs on warehouses and business parks, where leaks are hard to trace.
Schools and public buildings
Whole-roof condition records to plan repairs and support funding bids.
Homes
Roofs, chimneys and gutters on houses, checked without ladders or scaffold.
Residential blocks
Facades, parapets and flat roofs on blocks of flats for managing agents and freeholders.
Recent work near Essex
See how our surveys work in practice in our case studies, including a flat roof leak investigation and a 61 m school roof survey.
Airspace and permissions
Essex includes the flight restriction zones around London Stansted and London Southend airports. We check every address against the airspace map and arrange permission before the day where it is needed.
How a survey works
Send us the address and what you need to know. We check the airspace, plan the flight and confirm the day. On site we use a small take-off area, fly close overlapping runs over every roof plane and elevation, and capture thermal images where they help. AI defect detection runs across the imagery and an experienced inspector checks and grades every finding before it goes into your report.
Which parts of Essex do you cover?
We cover Essex from our base in south-east London. Send us the address and we will confirm the survey plan and any airspace permissions.
Can you fly near Stansted or Southend airports?
Often, yes, with permission. Addresses inside an airport flight restriction zone need permission before we fly, which we arrange.
Is it legal to fly a drone over buildings in London?
Yes, when it is done under the right authorisation. 901 Aerial Surveys flies under a CAA operational authorisation (PDRA01), which covers commercial flights close to people and buildings. Much of London sits inside controlled or restricted airspace, so we arrange any permissions needed before the day.
Do you need access to my property?
Usually only a small, controlled take-off area, such as a car park, garden or a quiet stretch of pavement. Nobody needs to go onto the roof or into the building for the inspection itself.
Get a drone survey quote in Essex
Send the address and what you need to know. We come back with a survey plan, a price and any airspace permissions needed.