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Drone flying close to a building facade for inspection

🏢 FACADE INSPECTION · BORDEAUX (33) · €300–1,200 PER JOB

Drone facade inspection in Bordeaux

Free quote — facade inspection in Bordeaux

In Bordeaux, damp rising from the Garonne marks the façades: saltpetre at street level, blistered render, soiled stone. Drone inspection covers the old centre's narrow streets and inner courtyards without closing the road. In Bordeaux as across the department (33), a local pilot travels with the equipment the mission requires — free quote within one working day.

The Bordeaux-Mérignac CTR, shared with air base 106, covers the west of the conurbation: urban flights require coordination with both civil and military aviation. Sensitive sites abound — the Dassault plant and Mérignac aerospace zone, the Bacalan submarine base, the Aquitaine bridge — and the UNESCO-listed quaysides fall under the built-up-area scenario. The Gironde metropolis is a complete market: booming real estate around Euratlantique and the Bassins à flot, prestigious wine estates (Médoc, Pessac-Léognan, Saint-Émilion) that are heavy users of vineyard mapping and monitoring, river tourism on the Garonne, and structural inspections from the Chaban-Delmas bridge to the Cité du Vin.

What we deliver in Bordeaux

  • Surveys of historic façades and monuments in Bordeaux, up to cornices and bell towers, without scaffolding
  • Façade surveys of offices, high-rises and residential blocks for managing agents and asset managers
  • Mandatory periodic monitoring of high-rise buildings
  • Tracing the source of water ingress on a gable wall or spandrel

Sites and landmarks in Bordeaux

On the mission-planning map, these places in Bordeaux shape trajectories and framing:

  • Place de la Bourse et miroir d'eau
  • Cathédrale Saint-André
  • Cité du Vin
  • Pont de pierre
  • Grosse Cloche

Rates

€300–1,200 per job — the range observed on the 2026 French market, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. Every mission in Bordeaux is priced on its own facts: area to cover, flight height, expected deliverable and local formalities.

Local regulations: flying in Bordeaux

Flying along a façade in Bordeaux remains possible under the controlled airspace (CTR de Bordeaux-Mérignac (aéroport et base aérienne 106)): these very-low-height flights, hugging the building, need a simple protocol our pilot sets up.

Façade inspection is flown close to the building, generally in the specific category in town (prior declaration) with a ground safety perimeter; outside built-up areas the open category is usually enough. Full regulations and rates: facade inspection across France →

Information checked against the regulations in force as of September 2026 (EU regulations 2019/945 and 2019/947, applicable French decrees).

Frequently asked questions

Facade inspection in Bordeaux: what budget should you plan?

Allow €300–1,200 per job — the 2026 French market range, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. In Bordeaux, coordination with the local airspace is included in the quote and arranged within a few days.

Does the drone replace scaffolding for a façade survey in Bordeaux?

For the survey itself, yes in most cases: the drone photographs every defect in high definition from base to cornice, at a fraction of scaffolding cost. If contact testing proves necessary, the report pinpoints where — a real saving for buildings in Bordeaux.

How accurate is the photographic survey?

At 5 m from the facade, resolution reaches roughly 1 mm per pixel: microcracks, joint defects and early corrosion are clearly identifiable and measurable on the images.

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