I’ve been approached about doing a roof survey for a business, May open new possibilities for further work.
What is the minimum amount of images to capture, stills and videos, format to use for presentation? Methods of presentation?, what should I include in the survey to present to the customer/s?, what is the recommended outlay price from start to included editing and presentation or completion? Should i include into the cost the insurance and planning involved?
Having never actually done a proper rood survey before, should be good to know what others have produced. I’ll be flying either my Mini 2 or M2P.
How long is a piece of string? … or how big is the roof? Some “business” roofs are frigging huge, some the size of a small house.
Ask the client what, exactly, the deliverables they want are from the work.
Then go from there.
If you don’t mind me asking, how did the job offer come about? Do you have other experience that would help you know what to look for, or are you just presenting the images/video to someone else to check over?
I’ve thought about pitching for roof surveys myself before, but in all honestly I wouldn’t know what to look for unless there was a flipping great hole 
As Ben (@Dorje) has already said - these are all items you need to discuss with your prospective customer for them to specify in the work order. You then need to decide how you can present the survey - paper report with photos is probably the easiest. If they want video, you will have to decide the medium/method you will use to provide the video - video files will be very large.
In a previous life I used to do aircraft engine surveys which involved internal video borescope inspections. We would write a report and provide photos to highlight any issues or just to show the general condition. We would also provide a full video. The report (in pdf format) together with the video would be presented to the customer as a hard copy report together with a custom memory stick with both the report and video on it.
I would suggest one total invoice - most organisations just want to know the total cost and tend to get unhappy when you ask for further funding.
Do you want to do it for free 
- I would include all costs - travel, total man-hours, insurance etc Present them as a cost estimate before starting - if they baulk at the cost you can always offer a “New Customer” discount. At least they will know what they can expect to be charged for any future business.
Just remember - to put manpower on the roof to do a survey will involve all manner of Health & Safety requirements which considerably increase the costs let alone the scaffolding requirements - so don’t give it away 
HTH
Thanks some good advice there. I’ve tended to sway away from roof surveys mainly because ever new operators who’ve gone and got their A2CofC license suddenly wants to start doing roof surveys and the market seems to be flooded with cheap flights and cheaper costs.
Size of the property is certainly a beneficial factor. The customer at present wants to push the landlords of the property into getting the roof repaired.
Discount new orders would be enticing and a nice idea.
I flew over the location at the weekend, which has prompted them to contact me
Don’t forget you will also need business insurance on your car, as you will not be driving for pleasure.
Went in my loft last week. Saw daylight!
Roofer who did my garage roof had a look via ladders and took still images from all 3 sides of the semi-detached. Did similar when surveying garage flat roof so I could see exactly where damage was. You do need to get up close to see gaps in tiles and damage.
I trained up a roofer who does major roof works in using a drone for surveying. Well I set it up and showed how to use it. He had large field to practice on so left him to it.
Got a call a few weeks later. Trashed his drone by losing contact with it when at close quarters with a chimney or similar.
I setup up a new drone he got and not heard from him since so assume he has been crash free since.
If you haven’t done close up building surveys before then practice is of the essence as it isn’t the same as flying over a ruined castle.
Not a job I would do with any confidence.
Good luck!
Hmm sound advice there, thanks