The Heart of the County
From Raglan Castle estates to Goytre farm complexes.
1. Get Free Quote
Submit your farm address. We calculate acreage and building count for a tailored quote.
2. Arrive & Pay
Accept the quote to book. Payment only taken on-site once flight safety is confirmed.
3. The 20-Min Scan
We map every roof, silo, and outbuilding in one flight. Ideal for large estates in Llandenny.
4. Full Data Package
PDF Report + 4K video + drainage map for insurers, agents, or NFU claims.
The "Rapid Rural Response" Guarantee
We can survey a massive farm complex in **20 minutes** that would take a roofer **3 days** with cherry pickers. If we cannot fly due to weather, you pay nothing.
*For NP15, NP16, and surrounding rural postcodes.
RAPID RURAL RESPONSE
Survey a 10-building farm in 20 minutes.
Farm infrastructure in Usk and Raglan spans acres. Traditional inspections are slow, expensive, and disruptive to livestock.
Our drone survey delivers comprehensive coverage without setting foot on your land:
- ✅ Gutter & Drainage Mapping: Identify blockages across large roof networks.
- ✅ Silo & Cladding Checks: Spot corrosion or panel displacement.
- ✅ Asbestos Roofing (Visual ID): Safe, non-contact assessment.
Usk: Farm Buildings, Barn Roofs and a Conservation Town
Rural Monmouthshire gives us more roof area per client than anywhere else we work.
Whole Farmsteads in a Single Flight
A working farm around Usk, Llandenny or Raglan might carry a house, three barns, a machinery shed and a stable block. Inspecting that with ladders is a full day at height; flying it is one sortie. Each roof is documented separately, so spending goes on the building that is actually failing rather than the one nearest the yard.
Fibre Cement and Corrugated Sheet
Agricultural roofs are largely profiled fibre cement and steel sheet, much of it decades old. It goes brittle, the fixings corrode, and the sheet will not carry a person's weight — which is exactly why nobody should be walking it to check. Aerial inspection records sheet condition, fixings, ridge caps and light panels with nobody at height.
Conservation Town, Flood-Prone Fabric
Usk town is a conservation area of Georgian and Victorian stock close to a river that floods. Roof and rainwater goods matter more on a building already dealing with periodic water at ground level, and the parapet gutters and concealed valleys behind those frontages are invisible from Bridge Street.
No Contracting Arm, No Conflict
We do not re-sheet barns, re-slate roofs or clear gutters. A fixed survey fee buys the flight and the full data set, and what we report has no bearing on what we are paid. For a farm business planning capital spend across several buildings, that neutrality is the entire point.
Selling a Farm in Usk?
"The buyer requested a full roof condition report."
Traditional surveys miss outbuildings and silos. We provide a single report covering your entire estate.
The Solution: Aerial evidence accepted by rural estate agents and NFU insurers.
Insurance & NFU Claims
Storm damage on agricultural buildings requires proof across multiple structures.
- ✅ Multi-Building Reports: One PDF for your entire farm.
- ✅ Date-Stamped Data: Proof for recent storm events.
- ✅ Accepted by NFU: Trusted by rural insurers.
Typical Defects We Expose
Gutter & Drainage Mapping
Identify blockages across large roof networks. Critical for preventing field flooding.
Silo & Cladding Integrity
Spot corrosion, panel displacement, or seal failure on metal structures.
Asbestos Roofing (Visual ID)
Safe, non-contact identification of legacy asbestos cement sheets.
Barn Conversion Issues
Check for lead flashing failure and mortar erosion on converted agricultural buildings.
Usk Farm Intelligence
We inspect all rural construction types:
- Corrugated Metal Roofs: Common on 1960s–90s barns
- Asbestos Cement Sheets: Visual ID only (no contact)
- GRP Flat Roofs: On modern agricultural units
- Stone Tile Barns: Heritage conversions near Raglan
Usk Pricing
Zero Travel Cost for NP15, NP16. Farm Complex rates available.
Basic Check
£145*
"Is my main barn roof okay?"
- • 15 Minute Flight
- • Raw Images Provided
*No travel fees for NP15/NP16
Full Estate Report
£285*
Most Popular.
- • Up to 5 Buildings
- • PDF Condition Report
- • Drainage & Gutter Map
*Includes multi-roof analysis
Farm Complex Audit
From £395
6+ Buildings | Silos | Large Acreage
- • Full Aerial Mapping
- • Thermal Option (+£95)
- • NFU-Compliant Report
*Zero travel fees within NP15, NP16.
Pilot Certification & Insurance
Your assurance for safe, legal rural operations.
CAA Operational Authorisation
UK CAA A2 Certificate of Competency (A2 CofC).
- ✅ Fully Insured: £5M Public Liability.
- ✅ Rural Certified: Legally operate over farmland and livestock.
- ✅ ICO Registered: C1816305 – compliant with data law.
NP15 Rural Authority
Serving the agricultural heart of Monmouthshire.
- 📍 Usk: Large detached estates
- 📍 Raglan: Barn conversions
- 📍 Llandenny: Farm complexes
- 📍 Goytre: Agricultural units
- 📍 Penperllan: Rural holdings
- 📍 Cwmcarvan: Valley farms
Agricultural Materials
Book Your Usk Farm Survey
Residential or Agricultural – select below.
Usk Drone Surveys: NP15 & Rural Questions
What Usk, Raglan, Llandenny and Goytre landowners ask us.
How many buildings can you survey in one visit?
On a typical Usk or Raglan farm we would expect to cover a house and five or six outbuildings comfortably within one visit, often more. It is quoted per site rather than per ladder, which is why rural work represents unusually good value.
Our barn roof is old cement sheet. Can you inspect it safely?
This is the clearest case for flying. Older fibre cement sheeting is fragile and may contain asbestos, so nobody should be on it. We survey it entirely from the air — cracking, sheet slippage, corroded fixings, failed light panels — without disturbing the material at all.
Do you cover Raglan, Llandenny, Goytre and Llantrisant?
Yes, along with Usk town, Gwehelog and the Llangybi side. Travel from our Pontypool base is short and is calculated for your exact postcode in the quote form on this page.
Will the drone unsettle livestock?
We plan the flight to avoid it: sensible stand-off from stock, no low passes over paddocks or grazing, and timing chosen around milking or handling where that matters. If animals appear unsettled we stop and reposition.
Can you produce field mapping as well as roof inspections?
Yes. Alongside building condition we fly measured mapping for drainage planning, field boundaries, volumes and land records. That side of the work is described on our topographical mapping page.