The Race to the Bottom: Busting the Myth on Roof Measurements
(L)Eagleview Technologies once had us all convinced there was a secret recipe behind the roof diagram reports they were selling, and I am here to tell you there is not. They were awarded a patent long ago for what equates to drawing lines on pictures and have sued everyone besides my ten-year-old nephews' art class for attempting to monetize this practice. Finally, the industry is waking up and is ready to challenge that. We at RestorationX are.
They won a 450M dollar lawsuit against Verisk, though; how can we be so confident in the illegitimacy of their patent? Per an inside source with intimate knowledge of the case, it was lost due to a legal team with little to no clue what they were doing. I don't have my legal degree, but last I checked, you weren't allowed to patent math or drawing, so I feel safe.
Want to know the magic behind it all? India. Every company that charges you for a roof report subcontracts the work to India for completion. The higher the volume, the less expensive it is, but for the most part, the PDF reports cost $5.00 .ESX or .XML reports cost $10.00. For the last decade, companies like Eagleview have been inflating their price tag and making you pay 5-6X the fee to produce these reports.
Highway Robbery.
Roof measurements are something that you can do yourself for free and don't even take that long. Here is an excellent example of how accurate they are.
We provide our user's roof report pdf for free because we value keeping you off of ladders. The profession is far too dangerous to put profits above lives.
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