HOW TO TURN YOUR HOUSE INTO A MOVIE STAR

GET YOURSELF AN AGENT

REGISTER your property with an agency such as Location Works ( locationworks. com), Lavish Locations ( lavishlocations.

com) or Fresh Locations ( fresh locations.com).

They draw up contracts between homeowners and filmmakers for a fee, which tends to range from 15 to 25 per cent.

Day rates start at around £350 for a small crew and go up to £3,000 for a major feature film.

This is calculated based on the time taken, the number of rooms used, the amount of people involved and disruption caused.

DIY LISTING

TO AVOID costly fees, sign up to JJ Connect ( jjmedia.com), the equivalent of Airbnb for location sets. It allows you to liaise directly with production teams, set your own prices and negotiate terms for a monthly fee of only £5, or £50 for a year.

SELF-PROMOTION

BOOST your home’s online profile by setting up an Instagram account and posting photos of it, or set up a website for it using a web-building platform such as moonfruit.com.

INSIDER TIPS

ACCORDING to Lorna Gatherer Ford of Location Works, filmmakers are looking for all kinds of properties — not just beautiful grand designs. In fact, there is huge demand for ‘normal’ homes, which most people don’t realise.

And there are further practical considerations that help make your property more attractive . . .

LARGE rooms and wide hallways for easily moving and storing equipment.

A QUIET neighbourhood, so that noise does not disrupt filming.

NO FURTHER than 45 minutes outside a filming city centre (for example, London, Manchester, Liverpool or Birmingham). ENOUGH parking nearby for the crew. OPEN-PLAN kitchens — ideally with a hob on an island counter-top — are especially desirable for cookery shows.