Drone | Aerial | For hotels
Some houses you only see
from above.
When an aerial shot shows something the ground cannot – and what has to be settled for it.
At a glance
- When
- when the ground is not enoughtrees, setting, roof areas, solar panels
- Setting
- mountains, sea, surroundingsshowing the context instead of claiming it
- Roof
- terrace, green roof, solarinvisible from below
- Clearance
- I sort it out beforehandwhether flying is allowed there and what it takes
- Neighbours
- arranged by the housewhen they are close by
- Weather and time
- no rain, moderate wind fineflying happens in daylight
When is an aerial shot worth it?
Whenever something is missing from the ground. Four cases come up again and again.
The trees are in the way. In front of many houses they have grown for thirty years. From the street there is no view left that shows the building as a whole – from the air there is.
The setting is the argument. Mountains behind, the sea alongside, forest all around: anyone advertising with that should be able to show it rather than only claim it. That relation between house and surroundings only appears with some height.
What can you see from above that nobody else sees?
Everything on the roof. A roof terrace is a railing when seen from below. A green roof does not exist for the guest at all as long as nobody photographs it.
And the solar panels. If sustainability is on your website, the array on the roof is the evidence. As a sentence people half believe it; as a picture, entirely.
Trees grow. The view from above stays clear.
Who sorts out whether flying is allowed?
I do. Whether flying is permitted at the location, whether a clearance has to be obtained or whether it is ruled out altogether, I find out beforehand – not on the shoot day.
You do not have to deal with it. Just tell me early enough that the aerial shot is wanted; depending on the location, sorting it out takes lead time.
What does the house contribute?
Little – with one exception. If the neighbours are close by, a word with them makes sense, and you are better placed for that than I am. You know these people; I come by once.
Beyond that it needs no preparation past the normal shoot day.
What stops a flight?
Rain. A wet lens, poor light and equipment not built for it – that produces nothing usable.
Moderate wind, on the other hand, is usually no problem. And flying happens in daylight; the evening view of the house is taken from the ground.
Does the drone cost extra?
No. It is part of the day rate when the house is to be shown from above.
Only when a special clearance has to be obtained for the take-off – near a military training area or a heliport, for instance – are the effort and the fees added. That is in the quote beforehand.
And if the house sits on a golf course?
Then it becomes a chapter of its own. From the air the course is visible as a whole for the first time – the fairways, the water, the coastline behind it.
Four of my pictures have made it into the Golf Post calendar so far: in 2020 the Hohwacht and Seeschlösschen Timmendorfer Strand courses, in 2026 Golf Resort Strandgrün and Hohwacht again.
Common questions
Answers without detours
Is an aerial shot worth it for our house?
If trees hide the view, if the setting towards mountains or sea is the argument, or if a roof terrace, a green roof or solar panels are to be shown – then yes.
Do we need a clearance?
I take care of that. Whether flying is allowed at the location and what it takes, I sort out before the shoot day.
Do we have to ask the neighbours?
If they are close by, a word with them makes sense – and you are better placed for that than I am.
Does the drone cost extra?
No, it is part of the day rate. Only special take-off clearances cost effort and fees; that is in the quote beforehand.
What about bad weather?
No flying in rain. Moderate wind is usually no problem. Flying happens in daylight.
Should your house be seen from above?
Tell me what should become visible from the air – I will settle the rest before the date.