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title: Property Media Glossary: EPC, Drone & Floor Plan Terms | Ellie Spencer
url: https://elliespencer.uk.com/property/glossary/
description: Plain-English definitions of property media terms: EPC, MEES, energy rating, floor plan, gross internal area, Flight Restriction Zone, Flyer ID and more.
last_updated: 2026-10-07
publisher: Ellie Spencer
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Glossary

# Property media terms

The words that come up with property photography, EPCs, drones and floor plans, in plain English.

**Aborted visit**: A booking where the photographer attends but cannot work, because there is no access or the property is not ready. Ellie charges the full fee for an aborted visit.

**Accreditation scheme**: An organisation approved by the government to accredit energy assessors and audit their work. Ellie's scheme is ECMK.

**Aerial photography**: Photographs taken from a drone, used to show a property's setting, plot size, roof and neighbouring land.

**CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)**: The UK regulator for aviation, including drones. It sets the Drone and Model Aircraft Code and issues Flyer IDs and Operator IDs.

**Domestic energy assessor**: A person qualified and accredited to assess homes and produce EPCs. Assessors must belong to a government-approved accreditation scheme.

**Energy efficiency rating**: The A to G band shown on an EPC, with a numeric score. A is the most efficient and G the least.

**EPC (Energy Performance Certificate)**: A certificate that rates how energy efficient a property is, from A (best) to G (worst), with typical energy costs and steps to improve. Required when a property is sold, rented out or built. Valid for 10 years.

**EPC register**: The national database of EPCs. Once lodged, a certificate can be found and downloaded by anyone using the government's find an energy certificate service.

**Flight Restriction Zone (FRZ)**: Protected airspace around most airports and airfields. A drone must not fly in it without permission from the airport or airfield.

**Floor plan**: A scaled drawing of a property's layout, room by room, used in marketing. Drawn from measurements taken on site. A marketing floor plan is not a survey.

**Flyer ID**: The CAA's proof that a drone pilot has passed the official online theory test. Lasts five years.

**Gross internal area**: The floor area of a building measured to the inside face of its outer walls on each floor. Often shown on floor plans as an approximate total.

**MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard)**: The rules for domestic private rented homes in England and Wales. Since 1 April 2020 a landlord cannot let, or continue to let, a covered property rated below E unless a valid exemption is registered.

**NOTAM (Notice to Aviation)**: An official notice of a temporary hazard or restriction to flying, such as an airshow. Checked before a flight.

**Open category**: The CAA category covering most leisure and low-risk commercial drone flying, within set limits on height and distance from people and buildings.

**Operator ID**: The CAA registration for the person or organisation responsible for a drone. It must be labelled on every drone they operate.

**Portal-ready images**: Photographs sized and exported to suit property portals and listing software.

**PRS Exemptions Register**: The government register where landlords record a valid exemption from MEES, for example when improvements would cost more than the £3,500 cap.

**Remote ID**: A system that broadcasts a drone's identity and location in flight. From 1 January 2026 it must be switched on when flying UK1, UK2 and UK3 class drones.

**Sky replacement**: An edit that replaces a dull or blown-out sky in an exterior photograph with a clear one.

**Vertical correction**: Straightening the lines of walls and doorframes in an interior photograph so the room does not look like it is leaning.

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## About this business

- Business: Ellie Spencer Property Media & Wedding Films, a sole trader run by Ellie Spencer
- Address: Morton Spiert Farm, Abbots Morton, Worcestershire WR7 4NA
- Email: ellie@elliespencer.uk.com (no phone line; enquiries by email or the website forms)
- Covers: Worcestershire, Warwickshire and the Cotswolds
- Wedding films: from £1,000 (8 hours), £1,250 (12 hours), £2,100 with photography
- Property media: photography from £95, with floor plan from £150, full package with EPC and aerials from £250; EPC or aerials alone from £80, floor plan alone from £50
- Credentials: accredited domestic energy assessor (ECMK); CAA certified drone pilot; £5m public liability, £1m professional indemnity
- ICO registration: C2004351