Well, it might be time to clean up the clutter. Just sayin’.
I am a FAA Part 107 licensed drone pilot and I would NEVER take a job like this.
He can *feel* it all he wants but if the stuff is laying around in plain sight, he should have no expectation of *privacy*. Because something laying in plain sight may be on private property but it isn't *private*.
The photos were taken by a U2 or NASA satellite? 😁
My tenants had a screened-in trampoline on the property for their children to enjoy. I received a letter stating that it had to be removed before my hazard insurance would be renewed. I wonder if a drone was the source.
Well, ‘for the man who has everthing’, he no longer has homeowner insurance.
In my trucking career, I had driven by some really bad ‘landfills’ where people live. They are in every state it seems. But one of the worst was only a few miles from where I lived in IL. A friend of mine was a handyman, and asked me to go help him fix a wiring problem at that rural ranch style home. They never traded in a car or pickup. They just parked it (or towed it) in the 3 acre weedpatch by the house.
Inside it was unbelievable, we were almost crawling on our hands and knees to go through the hallway, our heads almost touching the ceiling, to the room with the bad light socket. Beneath the mix of empty food wrappers and boxes, magazines and newspapers were boxes and boxes of various caliber ammo.
Replaced a wall switch and job was done. The owner wanted to give us ammo, but we declined the offer. That was probably 25 years ago. There’s nothing but a corn/soybean field there now.
It seems he could clean up the place, get insurance elsewhere or move.
This is our future.
In time it will become things like “where are your solar panels?”
I heard a similar story. The homeowner finally got to look at the picture and the “clutter” was his garden. I don’t know if he got his insurance reinstated.
They didn't need to use a drone. In all likelihood they used Google Maps.
Might I suggest using your shotgun?
Insurance companies have been getting pretty bold in their antics. It started with photos of the outside of the house. Okay, seems reasonable. Then, it moved on to wind mitigation inspections. Okay. Then it became inspections of the INSIDE, requiring updates to the electrical panels, replacement of hot water heaters because they’re 10 years old (even though still functioning fine) and I’m told that some are even requiring roof replacements after a number of years. The only thing threatening some roofs is the skyrocketing premiums.
ROTF.
Guess what assessors in NYS use to see if folks are lowballing property tax assessments.
Bet they do in CA, too.
Is anyone having a cow?
As for not having a proper standoff, no sympathy for the dude.