For homeowners
Your house has a second job.
Metro Atlanta shoots more film and television than almost anywhere in the country, and productions are always short on residential locations they can actually use. Boulder Walk is close in, architecturally varied, and organized — which is exactly what a location manager wants.
Typical interior day rate
$1,500–$3,500
Per shoot day, before prep, strike, overtime, and support services. You set your own number.
You keep 95%
One flat 5% district fee, taken out of the agreed fee rather than added to it. The production pays you and the HOA separately — you never collect or forward the HOA's share.
You approve every date
Block out holidays, weekdays, or whole seasons. Decline any inquiry for any reason, or no reason.
Real paperwork
A location agreement both sides sign in the portal, with a timestamped audit trail and a PDF for your records.
Your listing, your terms
Set restrictions up front — no pyro, no smoke, shoes off, rooms that are off limits. Scouts see them before they ask.
What you are taking on
Be clear-eyed about this. Hosting a shoot is real work, and the responsibility sits with you.
- Coordinate directly with the location scout, producer, and studio
- Set your own rates and negotiate the final fee
- Run day-to-day operations while the crew is on your property
- Request, review, and verify the production's certificate of insurance
- Confirm you are named as an additional insured before anyone arrives
- Invoice the production for your share and collect payment
- Walk the property before and after the shoot and document condition
- Report your own income at tax time
What the HOA does for you
Making your listing competitive
- Shoot in daylight, wide. Location managers need to read the space, not admire your styling. Corners and ceilings matter.
- Cover every room you would allow. A missing room reads as a room that is off limits.
- Add a walkthrough video. One continuous handheld pass through the house beats twenty photos.
- Be honest about restrictions. Nobody is annoyed by a clear no. They are annoyed by a surprise no on shoot day.
- Answer fast. Scouts work on short windows. A reply the same day frequently wins the booking.