About
One surveyor, one base, the whole of the South West
Sam Hembury
Sam Hembury is the surveyor behind every flight on this site, based in Exeter and working across Devon and the wider South West. Every job is flown personally rather than passed to a subcontractor, which is part of how the fixed-price-before-the-visit approach stays straightforward.
The background is construction industry rather than photography, which shapes what a survey looks for: not just a striking image, but the detail that actually matters when a roof, a chimney or a piece of land needs a proper look before a decision gets made about it.
Registrations and cover are all on the record: a CAA registered operator with an Operator ID and Flyer ID, an A2 Certificate of Competency, and commercial insurance with Coverdrone. None of that changes depending on which town the job is in.
On the record
Registrations, kit and cover
CAA registered
Registered operator with the Civil Aviation Authority, Operator ID and Flyer ID held.
A2 Certificate of Competency
The qualification that governs how close and how the aircraft can be flown near people and buildings.
Insured with Coverdrone
Fully insured for commercial drone operations, cover confirmed before every job.
Mavic 4 Pro
100 megapixel Hasselblad camera and 6K video for the visual survey.
Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced
640 by 512 radiometric thermal camera, carried alongside the visual aircraft.
No scaffolding, no ladders
Every survey is flown from the air, whatever the property or the postcode.
Construction background
A construction industry background behind the camera, not just a photography one.
Written report within 48 hours
Every survey, wherever it was flown, comes with a written report inside 48 hours.
DJI Mavic 4 Pro
100 megapixel Hasselblad camera and 6K video.
DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced
640 by 512 radiometric thermal camera alongside the visual camera.
How we work
How the work is approached
One base, worked properly
Every job across Devon and the wider South West is planned from the same Exeter base rather than a network of subcontractors, so the same standard applies wherever the postcode is.
Fixed price, agreed first
A price is confirmed before the visit, based on the address and the brief. It doesn't change once the aircraft is in the air.
A written record, not just a flight
The report within 48 hours is the actual deliverable: what was seen, described plainly, alongside the photographs that back it up.
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Check availability with Drone Surveys Near Me
Tell us the address and what you need looking at. Sam Hembury will come back with a fixed price and the next available slot.