The Times quotes Naomi Nettleton on filming agreements in residential areas

In one of its Property email newsletters, The Times fielded a question to its readers, and invited answers:  How would you deter social media influencers from photographing your house or street?  

Naomi Nettleton, Partner in our Real Estate team was quoted on the issue in the paper's following newsletter, and explains how it is not necessarily just about deterrence - homeowners can in fact take a number of other steps to explore whether they can get a piece of the action, or secure their own agreement with the influencer / production company. She explains:

The homeowner could agree with the influencer (or production company) to limit filming so that the visuals of the property are harder to identify. We have worked with a number of clients who have had parts of their properties “jigsawed” with others to create a fictional home whose parts are hard to identify in themselves.

"If your neighbour agrees to use their house on a street in London for filming, the key thing is to make sure that you have your own agreement in place so that you can receive some benefit – for example, offering your own property up as part of the filming – or address specific concerns.

"For owners of historic houses, raising interest in the property increases visitor numbers, which increases needed income for restoration and investment. It can also introduce the property to a new generation, like Alnwick Castle, which was used to film quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter films.

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