About this location
This eclectic 1930s family home is a colourful, cosy filming location in Earlsfield, south west London, with a large open-plan ground floor, a contemporary rear extension and a country-chic movable kitchen island. Featured on Houzz and on Sarah Beeny's Renovate Don't Relocate, it has hosted TV, music video, photo and commercial shoots, including work for Channel 4, Thames TV and a Heinz soup advert, and is ideal for small crew shoots.
Key features
- Spacious open-plan unfitted kitchen and dining area with skylights
- Movable cottage-core kitchen island and retro blue tiles
- Quirky patterned flooring and Crittall-style doors to the garden
- Living room with fireplace, bookshelves and sliding pocket doors
- Dark blue staircase and landings
- Teenage bedrooms linked by a secret ‘mousehole’ passage through the wardrobes
- Monochrome bathroom
- Top-floor master bedroom with en-suite
- Study
- Landscaped garden with built-in seating, fold-away table tennis, BBQ and fire pit
- 1930s frontage with picket fence
Room breakdown
- Open-plan kitchen and dining area
- Living room (can be divided with sliding pocket doors)
- Hallway, staircase and landings
- Teenage bedrooms with secret passage
- Monochrome bathroom
- Study
- Master bedroom with en-suite (loft conversion)
- Landscaped garden with seating, table tennis, BBQ and fire pit
Parking and accessibility
Paid on-street parking is readily available via the ParkMobile app, with spaces generally available directly outside, or a parking permit can be arranged at an additional cost per vehicle. The house is accessible for people with reduced mobility, but the downstairs toilet is not wheelchair accessible.
Amenities
- Close to Earlsfield and Wandsworth Common overground stations
- Not far from Clapham South, Balham, Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway (Northern line)
- Near shops and amenities on Garratt Lane and Southside Shopping Centre
- Meticulously clean home, ideal for small crew shoots
Rules and restrictions
*What are your general hours of availability?We are generally available for shoots Mondays to Fridays between 8am - 8pm
Weekends are not ruled out but tend to be booked up well in advance
Overtime is double the hourly rate
*Do I need to protect the floors?
Please use floor protecting mats and coverings. Spare tennis balls can be found in a bag under the stairs, please place these on all tripods, camera stands and lighting equipment feet to avoid scratching the floors. We recommend you don’t use any sticky floor protection
*Do you allow redecorating?
Yes provided everything is returned to it’s prior/ original fashion, unless agreed otherwise
*Do we have to take our shoes off?
We are very easy going about shoes worn on the ground floor/ hard surface areas.
No shoes, please, to be worn on any carpeted areas/ upstairs in the property
*What if we feel too hot or cold during the course of a shoot?
The house heating is worked via an app and so we ask you not to touch any heating dials. Please contact the location host and ask them to adjust the heating if needed. We have several tower fans when it feels too hot, that we can also make available on request
*My crew smoke/ vape, where may they do so?
No smoking or vaping is allowed anywhere inside the property. Smoking/ Vaping is permitted in the back garden ONLY, but cigarette butts must be disposed of safely in the ashtray provided and not thrown around the garden or over any fences
*Our shoot involves recreational drugs, is that OK?
Under no circumstances are any drugs to be taken at the property. If there is anyone caught taking drugs or any evidence of drug use, we will notify the police. We will also charge the client a penalty of £500
*We’d like to use a Haze/ Smoke Machine or something else that creates smoke, is that ok?
The location host needs to know beforehand if haze/ smoke machines, etc. are going to be used. We ask that all precautions are taken to not damage anything but also to cover up the smoke detectors beforehand. There are 4 detectors; one in the kitchen, one in the ground floor hallway, one on the middle landing and one outside the master bedroom on the top floor. There is also a carbon monoxide detector by the fireplace in the living room. No batteries are to be removed from any detectors.
*Our shoot will be noisy, is that ok?
We ask all our clients shooting any moving image and or music videos to keep the playback volume to a minimum sound level, and to be respectful of our neighbours.
*Can we move wall hangings and furniture?
Everything can be moved BUT nothing is to be moved or taken off the walls without prior arrangement/ consultation with the location host
*Can we use the props/ articles in your house for the shoot?
We provide a lot of props throughout the house which may be used. The stylists and or production members are responsible to return these to the correct rooms and the correct places. Anything that is missing will also be billed. We ask you to take care when packing up, that anything of ours is not packed up with your kit and equipment
*Are we allowed to leave our kit at the house between consecutive day shoots or drop it off the day before?
Yes, that’s not a problem, again by prior arrangement. This will incur a charge 50% of the regular hire fee
*My Crew will need to eat & drink during the course of the shoot, what is available?
Eating and drinking in the location is limited to the ground floor area only please. No food and/ or drink upstairs at all. Please have a ‘clean as you go’ approach. We will provide some disposable cups, plates and cutlery. Please ask if you need to use any of our utensils, cutlery, crockery, glassware, pots and pans, etc. Tea, coffee, milk and sugar will be provided. We will leave the bottom shelf of fridge empty and available for anything that needs refrigerating, but please do not leave anything in the fridge after the shoot. We do have a microwave available. There are lots of local places to chose from should anyone wish to go out to get anything to eat ranging from M&S? Sainsbury’s/ Tesco’s to Gail’s Bakery and other local cafes and eateries
*Can we organise for external catering to feed our crew during the shoot?
Yes, that’s no problem, and if they are to use our kitchen at all this needs to be discussed in advance ideally between the catering company and the location host.
*How do I dispose of my rubbish during and after a shoot?
Please use the bin in the kitchen to dispose of all rubbish being careful to correctly separate recycling from general rubbish. All recycling should be rinsed clean before disposing of it. All rubbish is to be taken off site after a day's work. NO RUBBISH IS TO BE LEFT ON THE STREET / FRONT OF HOUSE
*Do I have to clean the house after the shoot? We ask you to please leave the house as found - clean and tidy. Any additional cleaning needing to be undertaken after a shoot will be billed at £25 per hour.