Every roof we quote is flown personally by Dan with a licensed drone and designed in paid bespoke software. Real dimensions, real shading month by month, and a firm price the day of the visit, not a range that changes at signing.
Licensed drone operation · Paid bespoke design software · MCS-vetted installers · £1M Public Liability
The single biggest difference between a good solar design and a bad one is the accuracy of the roof survey behind it. Most competitors design in a free web tool over a Google Maps satellite image that is anywhere from two to seven years out of date. We do not.
A drone survey is a full, licensed flight over your roof, capturing high-resolution imagery of every plane, obstruction, chimney, and dormer. The results feed into paid bespoke design software that models shading month by month, string-level performance, and mounting layout. The output is a design your installer can quote from confidently, and a firm price on the day of the visit.
Anyone considering solar in Devon or Somerset benefits, but the drone survey earns its keep most obviously on complex roofs: multiple aspects, dormers, chimneys, valleys, listed properties, and homes near mature trees or neighbouring buildings. On simple south-facing roofs it still catches things a satellite image misses.
The survey happens at the same visit as the initial site consultation, typically two to three days after your first phone call. You do not pay for the drone survey separately, it is part of how we quote every job.
Drone operation for commercial purposes requires CAA licensing, insurance, and adherence to specific flight rules. It is not something a homeowner should be arranging themselves, and it is not something a sales rep with a phone camera can substitute for.
Free design tools give a free design. That is fine for a rough sanity check. It is not fine as the basis for a £10,000+ installation on your roof.
A 10–20 minute call to understand your bill, your home and what you actually want from your drone survey and design. No sales script, Dan answers his own phone.
Dan attends personally, flies a licensed drone over the roof, and designs the system in paid bespoke software, not a free web tool. Site visits typically within 2–3 days of your call.
Around three like-for-like quotes from the small panel of MCS installers we vet against seven strict criteria. Every installer pays us the same commission, so there is no hidden reason to favour one.
You contract directly with your chosen installer. They complete the work to MCS standards, and we cross-check the commissioning paperwork, EPVS registration and grant applications on your behalf.
You keep Dan's number. Independently underwritten guarantees stand even if the installer changes shape, and any dispute is escalated by us on your behalf.
Every roof plane measured from actual imagery, not estimated from satellite tiles.
Shading modelled through the year, so winter generation numbers on your quote are honest.
Panels grouped into strings and MPPTs based on real shading, so one shaded panel does not throttle the array.
No 'we will confirm the number once we have designed it' | the design happens live and the price is confirmed on the visit.
Full CAA licensing and £1M Public Liability on every flight. Roof and drone both properly insured.
No separate charge | the drone survey is how we quote every job, not an upsell.
Drone surveys are only useful if the imagery is captured properly and the software behind them is worth using. Both matter.
Commercial drone operation in the UK requires an appropriate CAA operational authorisation, adherence to the Drone Code, and awareness of local airspace restrictions (some parts of Devon sit under military exercise areas or CTAs). Every flight is planned in advance and logged for insurance purposes.
The drone captures overlapping high-resolution imagery of every roof plane, chimney, vent, and obstruction. That imagery is processed into a 3D model of the roof surface accurate to within centimetres, the level required for genuine string layout and mounting-system selection.
Free web tools estimate. Paid bespoke software calculates: string-level MPPT performance, monthly shading, DC-to-AC ratio, cable losses, and mounting layout down to individual roof hooks. We use the same class of software the best installers use, and we use it on your quote before you have committed to anything.
Recent extensions, new dormers, satellite dishes, moss coverage, hipped-roof geometry, tree growth in the last two seasons, and neighbouring buildings that cast winter shade, all routinely missed by satellite tools and routinely caught by the drone.
Both benefit, but for very different reasons. Residential roofs get a genuinely accurate design and a firm quote. Commercial roofs, flat, ballasted, or profiled metal, get accurate area calculations, obstruction mapping, and structural planning input that flat satellite imagery cannot support.
Can't see yours? Ask Dan directly, no bots, no call centre.
Independent design and installer selection for roof-mounted solar systems, tailored to your consumption and roof.
Store the solar you generate. Use it after dark, cut peak-rate imports, and stay powered during outages.
A 10–20 minute phone call, no obligation. Honest advice on whether solar makes sense for your home.
Free consultation, no obligation. Dan attends every survey personally, and the design conversation is yours to keep whether you go ahead or not.
MCS-vetted installers · £1M Public Liability · Independently underwritten guarantees
