Purpose · Drone & Aerial Photography
Drone & Aerial Photography as a pre-refurb record
We photograph pre-refurb record briefs for drone aerial the way we would want ours photographed: quickly, respectfully, well. Landlords, contractors and heritage owners need a dated visual record before works start — the shoot is scoped for evidence, not marketing.
Context
A pre-refurb record is a coverage discipline.
Concretely, high-resolution aerial stills and 4K video, supplied within 48 hours. Consistency and coverage outrank composition — the pack is evidence first.
Geography
Where this usually lands
Pre-refurb records around Chester fit the standard drone aerial rota.
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- County
- Cheshire
- Postcodes
- CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4
- Nearest roads
- M53, M56
- Aigburth — 5 mi via A561 (Aigburth Road)
- Manchester — 8 mi via M60
Brief
How a pre-refurb brief runs.
CAA-licensed flights with a sub-2kg airframe inside congested-area permissions. Consistency and coverage outrank composition — the pack is evidence first.
Angles
Three ways this brief lands
01
Coverage tuned to the pre-refurb record rather than a generic drone aerial template.
02
site-context photography for planning applications
03
event scale shots for sponsor decks
Method
How this gets shot
CAA-licensed flights with a sub-2kg airframe inside congested-area permissions. Consistency and coverage outrank composition — the pack is evidence first.
Constraints
What shapes the shoot
- •Every room is covered whether it 'photographs well' or not — the record has to be complete.
- •Frames are date-stamped and metadata is preserved for later legal use.
- •Fixtures and services are captured close, not composed over.
Captured
What comes back
- Room-by-room wides in a repeatable pattern
- Ceiling and floor detail per room
- Meter cupboards and service risers
- Exterior elevations
- Aerial roof detail where useful
FAQs
Questions we hear
How quickly is the record delivered?
Same-week delivery is standard; a compressed 24-hour turnaround is available on request.
Is the record time-stamped?
Yes — every frame carries full EXIF and is delivered inside a manifest that preserves capture order and time.
Do you need permission to fly near Eastgate Clock?
Anything near Eastgate Clock requires a pre-flight risk assessment; we coordinate with the relevant landowner and Cheshire West and Chester where ground access is needed.
How long does a typical Chester aerial shoot take?
Most Chester commissions are wrapped on-site in under two hours, with edits returned inside 48 hours.
Can you fly in Chester?
Yes — flights in Chester are planned under OSC permissions, with NOTAMs filed where the CH1 district sits inside controlled airspace.
Proof
Where this has worked
Records supplied on this basis have been accepted in dilapidations and party-wall disputes.
Related
Similar briefs
Next step
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Every pre-refurb record shoot for drone aerial lands as evidence — dated, complete, indexable.
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