An aerial video of your home used to be an expensive novelty. Now it’s a $300–$800 add-on that does three different jobs — selling, insuring, and simply keeping a record of the place. Here’s what to expect from each.

Selling: the 60-second flyover

For listings, aerial video works as a short edited sequence — an approach shot, an orbit of the property, and a glide across the outdoor spaces — usually cut together with ground footage by your agent’s marketer. In Melbourne, real estate video packages with aerial work typically run $450–$900 including editing; aerial-only capture with raw handover to your videographer is less. The same rules as stills apply: the operator must be CASA-licensed, insured, and across the airspace at your address.

Insuring and record-keeping: the walk-around from above

The under-used case: a slow, deliberate aerial pass over the roof, gutters, solar array and grounds gives you a dated visual record of your home’s condition. Owners commission this before storm season, after major renovations, or alongside an insurance review — if you ever need to lodge a claim, you’re arguing from footage, not memory (see getting roof evidence right for insurance). Stills and video from the same flight cover both jobs.

The family-record flight

Some people just want the place on film — the property as it is now, the garden at its best, before a renovation or a sale or a generation moves on. It’s a modest cost for footage you can’t recreate later, and honestly some of the most appreciated work we do.

What it costs, summarised

  • Aerial-only capture, raw files handed over: from ~$300
  • Captured + edited highlight clip: $450–$800
  • Stills + video + roof/condition record in one visit: quoted as a bundle — usually the best value

Before you book anyone

Ask the two questions that sort professionals from hobbyists: are you CASA-licensed and insured, and what’s the airspace situation at my address? Large parts of Melbourne sit under controlled airspace; a licensed operator handles the approvals as routine.

We’re a CASA-licensed Melbourne operator. Send through your address and what you’re after — sale, record, or both — and we’ll tell you honestly what’s flyable and what it’ll cost.