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Drone Survey & Inspection Measured Building Survey Topographical Survey LiDAR Survey Photogrammetry CAD & Revit / BIMSurveys for building surveyors,
evidence you can put your name to.
Your reports carry your signature; our job is to make the evidence behind them unimpeachable. Norelo gives building surveying practices close-up drone capture, millimetre measured surveys, verified GIA/NIA areas and point-cloud analysis, delivered fast, fixed-price and white-label when you want it.
Opinions age, measurements don’t
Building surveying runs on defensible evidence: the condition survey that supports an acquisition, the schedule that survives a dilapidations negotiation, the area figure an insurance reinstatement assessment hangs on. When the evidence is a handful of ground-level photos and a disto, the argument is only ever as strong as the access was.
Norelo changes the access. Drones put close-up 4K eyes on every roof slope, chimney head and façade without scaffold; laser scanning records the whole building geometry in one visit; and everything is measured, dated, geolocated and archived, so your professional opinion stands on data that can’t be argued with.
The capture behind your instructions
Each instruction type leans on a different capture, all of them fixed-price, all of them delivered through one portal.
Roof & façade inspection
Close-up condition capture of roofs, elevations, chimneys and rainwater goods for condition surveys, dilapidations and PPM, without scaffold, MEWPs or rope teams.
- 4K + 360° capture
- Annotated defect reports
- From £395 +VAT
Measured surveys & lease plans
Floor plans, elevations and sections to the RICS 3rd edition, with lease plans and area schedules produced from the same verified scan.
- RICS 3rd edition
- Lease & licence plans
- From £1,000 +VAT
GIA / NIA area verification
Measured areas with marked-up plans showing exactly what was included and excluded, for reinstatement cost assessments, lease events and service charge apportionment.
- Traceable methodology
- Marked-up schedules
- Defensible figures
Structural & defect analysis
Floor flatness, plumb, lean and bow presented as colour heat maps with deviation statistics, movement made visible and measurable for your report.
- Flatness heat maps
- Verticality analysis
- Repeat monitoring
Baseline point clouds
A registered scan at lease start, acquisition or before neighbouring works, the millimetre baseline that later conditions are compared against.
- Dilapidations baselines
- Party wall records
- Archived for years
Photo-real condition models
Measurable 3D models of whole buildings for desktop inspection, client presentations and dispute evidence, shareable by link, no software needed.
- Browser 3D viewer
- Measurable model
- From £650 +VAT
Through the surveying casebook
Acquisition & technical due diligence. A drone inspection and scan in one visit gives the purchaser’s report full-coverage roof and façade evidence plus verified floor areas, delivered at deal speed, and the archived data keeps answering questions the lawyers haven’t asked yet.
Dilapidations. Interim and terminal schedules built on geolocated, dated imagery are hard to argue with; a point-cloud baseline at lease start makes the end-of-term comparison a measurement exercise rather than a memory contest. Landlord or tenant side, the same data serves.
Planned maintenance. Whole-portfolio roof and fabric capture on a repeatable cycle turns PPM budgeting from ladder-and-binoculars sampling into complete, comparable records, year against year, building against building, all in one portal.
Reinstatement cost assessments. The GIA behind an RCA is usually inherited, estimated or optimistic. A measured figure with marked-up plans takes an afternoon to capture and removes the single largest uncertainty in the assessment, and in the premium it drives.
Party wall & neighbourly matters. A scan and photographic record of the adjoining property before works start is the schedule of condition perfected: complete, millimetre-accurate and beyond recollection disputes when cracks are alleged later.
The practice angle: all of it is available white-label. Your report, your badge, your client relationship, our aircraft, scanners and CAD desk behind it. Many practices treat us as their field team; their clients simply see a better-evidenced report.
Why practices put our data in their reports
Built for scrutiny
Dated, geolocated, control-verified data that holds up in negotiations, tribunals and renewals, evidence first, opinion second.
Professionally aligned
RICS-aligned methodology, CAA-authorised flying, RAMS on every job, the compliance answers your PI insurer and clients want, ready to send.
Deal-speed delivery
Mobilised in days, fixed quotes usually within one working day, and priority turnaround when an acquisition clock is ticking.
White-label as standard
Your brand front and centre wherever you want it, we’re comfortable being the quiet half of a good report.
The jobs we’re asked for most:
Good to know
Can drone imagery support a dilapidations claim?
Yes, and it routinely does. Geolocated, dated, close-up imagery of roofs and façades, tied to annotated overview plans, evidences condition in a way ground-level photography can’t, and the archive proves what was recorded and when. Your schedule makes the case; our capture makes it stick.
Can you verify GIA for a reinstatement cost assessment?
Yes. We measure the building to the RICS 3rd edition and issue GIA with marked-up plans showing the measurement line and every inclusion and exclusion, a traceable figure to build the assessment on, instead of an inherited one to hope about.
Do you work white-label for surveying practices?
Yes, it’s core work. Capture, processing and drawings delivered under your badge, with your practice fronting the client relationship throughout. See the practice-to-practice page for how it runs.
Does a drone inspection replace my inspection?
No, it arms it. We provide complete close-up visual evidence of fabric you can’t safely reach; the professional assessment, and the signature, stay yours. Think of it as scaffold-free access with a perfect memory.
Can you capture a baseline before neighbouring works start?
Yes. A registered point cloud plus photographic record of the relevant elevations and interiors fixes the property’s condition in millimetres before demolition or piling begins next door, the definitive schedule of condition if damage is alleged later.
How fast can you support an acquisition?
Quote usually within one working day, mobilisation typically within days subject to airspace and access, and priority reporting when the deal timetable demands it. Tell us the exchange date and we’ll programme backwards from it.
Do you cover tenements and common repairs?
Extensively, it’s Glasgow home ground. Drone capture of shared roofs, chimney heads and rear elevations gives factors, owners and their surveyors the same clear evidence to agree scope and apportion cost from, see our Glasgow inspection page.