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Top-down drone view of house roofs, driveways and a street in Toronto — Estate Shutter drone footage

Visual documentation · roofs, facades, chimneys, solar

Drone roof & building inspections

Every slope and elevation photographed from the air for roofers, insurance adjusters and property managers in London, Ontario and across Southwestern Ontario and the GTA — no ladder, no lift, nobody on the roof. Fixed quote within 1 business day.

At a glance

For
Roofers, insurance adjusters, restoration contractors and property managers
Price
Fixed quote in 1 business day
Delivery
Delivery date written on your quote
Airspace
NAV CANADA authorization requested for you where the site needs it

Toronto, ONTop-down0:081920×1080Estate Shutter listing aerial

  • Transport Canada Advanced pilot
  • Registered aircraft
  • NAV CANADA airspace authorization
  • Insured — COI on request

What you get

Clear pictures of the whole roof.

Close drone view of an asphalt shingle roof with lifted and missing shingles beside a brick chimney
Roof & building inspectionsClose drone view of an asphalt shingle roof with lifted and missing shingles beside a brick chimney
Every slope and elevation
Close, overlapping stills of each roof plane, ridge, valley, flashing, chimney and gutter line, plus each wall of the building.
Aerial video pass
A slow pass around the roof so you can see how the planes connect and where water runs.
An annotated PDF
Photos labelled by slope or elevation, keyed to a simple roof sketch, ready to attach to an estimate, a claim file or a work order.
Facades, chimneys and solar
Facade and parapet checks, chimney crowns and rooftop solar arrays, photographed the same way.

The exact deliverables, file formats and delivery date are written on your fixed quote.

Visual documentation — not an engineering or insurance opinion. We photograph what is there; a qualified roofer, engineer or adjuster interprets it.

Price

Fixed quote in 1 business day

What sets the price

  • Roof size, pitch and number of planes
  • Facades, chimneys or solar to include
  • Annotated PDF, or photos only
  • The site’s airspace
Get a drone quote

Quick answers

What do you deliver for a drone roof inspection?

Every slope and elevation, aerial video pass, an annotated PDF and facades, chimneys and solar. Close, overlapping stills of each roof plane, ridge, valley, flashing, chimney and gutter line, plus each wall of the building. The delivery date is written on your quote.

How much does a drone roof inspection cost?

Every job is priced to the site, so you get a fixed quote rather than a rate card: send the address and the job. We check the airspace and reply with a fixed price within 1 business day. Founder Mike Brun holds a Transport Canada Advanced drone pilot certificate; every flight is flown by an Advanced-certified pilot.

Who it’s for

Built for three desks.

  • Roofers

    See every plane, valley and flashing line before you climb or price the job — and attach the photos to the estimate.

  • Insurance adjusters & restoration

    Dated, labelled photos of roof and exterior condition for the claim file. We document; you assess.

  • Property managers

    Condition photos of each building’s roof, parapets and facades for budgets, tenders and contractor briefs.

Leak or claim? Call or text and we tell you the earliest slot straight away. Anything rushed, and any rush fee, is confirmed before we fly.

Real aerials

Roofs, from where a drone sees them.

Aerials from our listing archive that show the detail a drone picks up on a roof. A sample inspection PDF is available on request.

  • A standing-seam metal roof, skylights and eaves — drone photo by Estate Shutter, Pickering, ON
    Pickering, ON · Close oblique
  • A new shingled roof with valleys, dormers and a skylight — drone photo by Estate Shutter, Toronto, ON
    Toronto, ON · Oblique
  • A row of townhome roofs, gables and balconies — drone photo by Estate Shutter, Mississauga, ON
    Mississauga, ON · Oblique
  • A snow-covered hip roof and chimney in winter — drone photo by Estate Shutter, London, ON
    London, ON · Oblique
  • A mid-rise condo roof, mechanical penthouse and facades — drone photo by Estate Shutter, Guelph, ON
    Guelph, ON · Oblique
  • London, ONDescending pass0:08

  • Pickering, ONTop-down0:05

How it works

Quote. Airspace. Fly. Files.

  1. 01 /

    Tell us the job

    Address, what you need and your deadline — by the form, a call or a text.

  2. 02 /

    Fixed quote

    We check the site’s airspace and reply with a fixed price within 1 business day.

  3. 03 /

    Airspace & paperwork

    NAV CANADA authorization where the site needs it; certificate of insurance on request.

  4. 04 /

    We fly

    On the agreed day. Weather reschedules are free.

  5. 05 /

    Files online

    Edited files delivered online by the date on your quote.

  6. 06 /

    Pay after approval

    Pay once you’ve seen the work, or on net-15 or net-30 with an approved account.

Licensed · insured · airspace handled

Flown legally.
Documented properly.

High aerial over London, Ontario neighbourhoods toward downtown — drone photo by Estate Shutter

London, ONHigh obliqueEstate Shutter listing aerial

Transport Canada Advanced pilot

Founder Mike Brun holds a Transport Canada Advanced drone pilot certificate; every flight is flown by an Advanced-certified pilot.

  • Registered aircraft · airspace handled

    Our aircraft are registered with Transport Canada. In controlled airspace — around London International (CYXU), for example — we request NAV CANADA authorization through NAV Drone before the flight, and apply for a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) when a job needs one.

  • Insured

    Insured, with a certificate of insurance on request.

  • Free weather reschedules

    Whether a flight is safe and legal is always the pilot’s call, under Transport Canada rules. If wind, rain or snow would make a flight unsafe, we move it to the next workable day at no charge.

  • Samples on request

    Ask for a sample of the deliverable you need — an inspection PDF, a land film, a map — before you book.

What we don’t do

Saying no to the wrong job is part of doing the right one safely.

  • No flights beyond visual line of sight

    BVLOS work needs a Level 1 Complex pilot certificate and an operator certificate (RPOC) for the company. We fly within sight.

  • No advertised public events without an SFOC

    Transport Canada requires a Special Flight Operations Certificate for any drone at an advertised event.

  • No legal surveys

    Maps, models and lot-line overlays are not surveys. Boundaries in Ontario are set by an Ontario Land Surveyor.

  • No engineering or insurance opinions

    Inspections are visual documentation. A qualified roofer, engineer or adjuster interprets them.

  • No thermal imaging or crop spraying

    Neither is offered at the moment.

Before you book

Straight answers.

Is a drone roof inspection an engineering or insurance report?

No. It is visual documentation: clear, labelled photos of every slope and elevation. A qualified roofer, engineer or adjuster interprets them and makes the call.

Do you need to get on the roof?

No. The drone does the climbing, which is why roofers, adjusters and property managers use it for steep, wet, fragile or very large roofs.

Can you fly close to a building?

Yes, within the rules. Since November 4, 2025, Transport Canada lets anyone holding an Advanced certificate fly “sheltered operations” close to a building or structure, within set limits on height and distance from people.

Source: Transport Canada — 2025 summary of changes to Canada’s drone regulations(opens in a new tab)

We have a leak or a claim. How fast can you come?

Call or text. We tell you the earliest slot straight away; anything rushed, and any rush fee, is confirmed before we fly.

Are you insured?

Insured, with a certificate of insurance on request. Ask for it when you request your quote.

Do you offer thermal imaging?

Not at the moment. Thermal roof and envelope work needs radiometric equipment and thermography training, and we don’t sell what we can’t show you a real sample of.

Drone quote · fixed quote in 1 business day

Get your roof quoted.

Send the address and the job. We check the airspace and reply with a fixed price within 1 business day.

What’s the job? (required)
Real estate listing

Listing a home? Drone photos included in Listing Launch & Premiere, or +$75 on MLS Ready and Market Ready — book online.

Site size
When do you need it?
What should we deliver? (pick any)

Phone or email — whichever you’d like the quote by.

Company, PO / claim #, paperwork, notes (optional)

We use your details only to quote this job. Privacy

  • A fixed price, not a range
  • Airspace checked before we quote
  • No obligation

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