Rent out your house or apartment as a filming location without opening the door to everyone.
Private spaces can be valuable for film, series, advertising or photo shoots. SetScout helps clarify privacy, access, neighbors, damage, contract and the choice to accept or decline.
Private spaces, controlled access
Show usable rooms, keep private areas out and decide only after a concrete production inquiry.
For private owners
A home can work for productions without losing its private boundaries.
For private filming locations, the day rate is only one part. Clear rooms, permissions, neighbors, reset and documented condition matter just as much.
Real homes are searched
Scouts often need lived-in rooms, family houses, kitchens, gardens, stairwells and period interiors.
Private boundaries
You can define usable rooms, blocked areas, quiet hours, parking, pets, shoes, furniture and crew limits.
Before anyone films
Before every booking, the Super Check verifies the standardized location contract and the production's insurance. That way you don't have to draft each contract or chase the insurance yourself before you say yes.
Residential listing flow
Set expectations before productions ask to visit your home.
A concrete listing reduces unsuitable shoots, vague price questions and risky special requests.
- 1
Show the usable rooms
Photos should cover wide room views, access, bathroom, kitchen, garden, parking and areas that cannot be used.
- 2
Check the shoot details
Dates, prep, wrap, crew size, equipment, scenes, animals, noise and reset requirements should be clarified early.
- 3
Confirm only the right fit
You decide whether the project, duration, compensation, house rules and neighbor situation fit the household.
What you can charge
What a house or apartment can earn as a filming location.
Location fees for private spaces vary widely by space, city and production - there is no guaranteed income. For a home, it is not only the floor area that counts but how much the shoot disrupts the household. You set the day price yourself in the listing.
- Create a listingas many rooms as you like
- Free
- Photo / small crew, single roomsless disruption
- approx. €1,000–1,500 / day
- Film crew, several rooms, full daymore effort and lockout
- often €1,500–2,500 / day
- Commission15% commission, only when you get paid
- Free to list
Editorial orientation, not an offer and not a guarantee. You set the actual day price yourself; SetScout pays out once the booking is paid.
What drives the price for living spaces
- City and location
- Rooms used and blocked areas
- Crew size and shoot duration
- Disruption to residents and neighbors
- Exclusivity and dates
- Prep, teardown and reset
Why SetScout
Inquiries arrive checked, not unfiltered.
You list for free and don't have to vet every inquiry yourself: before an inquiry becomes a booking, the Super Check verifies the standardized location contract and insurance. You see who wants to film and on what terms, and decide on every acceptance yourself.
Real spaces
SetScout collects real houses, apartments, offices and commercial spaces as filming locations - not generic event venues.
Europe
With your host profile, you can list locations anywhere in Europe and reach productions searching for houses, apartments, offices and distinctive commercial spaces.
Super Check
Before every booking, SetScout's Super Check verifies the standardized location contract and the production's insurance. You then decide for yourself whether to accept.
Residential concerns
Private owners need concrete answers before they open their space.
Practical, protective answers, especially if you are hosting for the first time.
Will my address be exposed?
Your address stays hidden up front. SetScout only reveals it to a production once their inquiry turns into a concrete visit or booking - not to everyone who sees your listing. You decide which rooms and photos are public; sensitive details and the exact location belong in the inquiry and booking context, not the open listing.
Who pays for damage?
Document the handover condition: delicate surfaces, furniture, blocked areas and the expected reset belong in the listing from the start. Before you accept, the Super Check verifies the production's insurance and standardized location contract, and contract and payment run through SetScout. That way it is documented how your home was handed over and to whom.
Will the shoot disturb the house?
Set limits for crew size, shooting hours, parking, noise, loading routes, the elevator and access, and put them in the listing. In multi-unit buildings you should also clarify up front whether you need to inform - or get sign-off from - the building management, owners' association or immediate neighbors, especially when the stairwell, courtyard or shared areas are used too. The earlier this is settled, the less friction on the shoot day.
Can I decline a production?
Yes. An inquiry is not a booking. You can decline when the look, team, date or risk does not fit.
Can tenants list a flat?
As a tenant you usually need your landlord's permission before offering an apartment for productions. Check your lease and house rules for terms on commercial use, subletting and shoots - and in shared buildings, clarify whether common areas like the stairwell or courtyard are affected. When in doubt, get the permission in writing.
What should I charge?
Don't start from square meters, start from disruption: how much the shoot affects your household, how many rooms are blocked, how long it runs and how much prep and wrap is involved. From that you set ONE day price for the listing - a small photo crew in single rooms tends lower, a full-day film crew across several rooms tends higher. The location-fee guide gives honest orientation with price ranges.
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Owner guides
Prepare price, photos, contract and protection
Practical guides on location fees, photos, contract and insurance before you list.
A practical checklist before offering a house or apartment as a set: usable rooms, protecting private belongings, house rules, neighbors, tenant permission and how SetScout's Super Check verifies the standardized location contract and insurance before a booking is made.
How owners set a fair day rate for a filming location: realistic price ranges, what moves a location fee, and how the day price connects to a verified booking on SetScout.
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Which photos owners should upload so productions can judge a house, apartment, office or venue as a filming location.
Turn a suitable home into a controlled production offer.
Create the listing, set clear boundaries and collect the details serious productions need before a visit or booking.