There are some truly astounding spaces available for rent for photographers and film makers in London. Just browse these agent websites and chances are you’ll be so inspired you’ll come up with a good movie script even if you never thought you had it in you:)

Location Works www.locationworks.com
Location Partnership www.locationpartnership.com
Sarah Eastel Locations www.film-locations.co.uk
Carol Hayes Management www.carolhayesmanagement.co.uk/locations/index.htm
The Collective www.location-collective.co.uk
Dixcot Locations www.dixcotlocations.com
Lavish Locations www.lavishlocations.com
Photo Locations www.photo-locations.com

Here are some examples of what the properties that are selected for a film, tv or photoshoot production can earn:

Feature Film Productions: From £750 – £5,000 + per 12 hour day
Television Dramas: From £500 – £3,000 + per 12 hour day
Documentary filming: From £400 – £1000 + per 12 hour day
Photoshoots: From £500 – £1500 + per 10 hour day
Television Commercials: From £1000 – £3000 + per 12 hour day
Music Videos: From £500 – £3000 + per 12 hour day

Source: Sarah Eastel Locations

We spotted this ad on Albion Street W2 next to St. George’s Fields: “London Home To Rent £375.”

St. George’s Fields is a gated residential building complex just 5 minutes from Marble Arch and Hyde Park. It has an underground car parking facilities, and is surrounded by its own 2½ acres of wooded gardens.

There’s more information about the home for rent on St. George’s Fields website:

Kendal Steps
1 bedroom flat
495 Sq/Ft Total

Well presented second floor apartment, extending to approximately 495 sq ft and benefiting from natural light and amazing view from the west-faced balcony.

The Accommodation Comprises:

ENTRANCE HALL: FITTED KITCHEN: NATURAL BRIGHT AND SPACIOUS LIVING ROOM WITH BALCONY: WELL PRESENTED BEDROOM: BATHROOM

Amenities Include:

ON-SITE ESTATE OFFICE: UNDER-FLOOR HEATING: ON-SITE MAINTAINANCE CONTRACTORS: UNDERGROUND CAR PARKING

Click here to view the ad with photos.

Kendal Steps East Side © St George’s Fields

There are 300 apartments in these 5-storey early 70’s buildings.

Consider yourself a true gourmet?

Benham and Reeves has a selection of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments for rent in a newly refurbished Pegaso Building, situated opposite Jamie Oliver‘s ‘Fifteen’ restaurant in Nile Street, Hoxton N1.

If you’re looking to rent somewhere which is conveniently located within central London, then this could be the perfect solution. Property location and design can affect everything from the cost of your commute, to how much you pay for your home insurance policy, so you will want to make sure that your chosen apartment makes for a good investment. With top quality furnishings and a newly refurbished building, these apartments are likely to be a highly sought-after option for those looking to live or work in this area.

The development comprises 40 apartments and is located only 10 minutes walking distance from the square mile and provides easy access to great transport links to Kings Cross, Moorgate and Liverpool Street from the nearby Old Street underground station.

The following letting tariffs are currently avaliable:

1 bed apartments from £300 per week
2 bed apartments from £350 per week
3 bed apartments from £400 per week

With 1 bedroom apartments taking in 550 sq. ft of space, compared to your average 1 bedroom flat in the city which is 15% smaller, these Pegaso apartments offer contemporary living at very reasonable rents.

Each Pegaso apartment features open plan living space with full height windows and polished timber floors. Most apartments even include a balcony and are exceptionally furnished to the highest standard by interior designer company In:Style Direct, who are one of the leading names in the property interiors industry. The quality of the supplied furnishings have been an especially big hit with corporate tenants with some rentals being secured within 24 hours of being viewed.

Click here to see the interior photos.

Marc von Grundherr, Lettings Director at Benham and Reeves comments “With so many apartments on the market, particularly in new builds, a property needs to stand out from the crowd. The apartments at Pegaso have been interior designed throughout to the highest quality with contemporary style furnishings and soft furnishings supplied by ani-M,a highly accredited brand that also sells in Harrods”.

Jump to Pegaso Building page @ Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings website.

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant Fifteen in Nile Street, Hoxton N1.

Historic Café Royal, which has occupied 68 Regent Street for 143 years, will close to the public for good at the end of this year, reports the London Paper.

Israeli developers Alrov bought a 125-year lease on the site for £90 million from Crown Estates, and have no plans to keep operating the legendary Café Royal – which has played host to the likes of Oscar Wilde, Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor over the years. Instead, many of its decadent private rooms will become hotel bedrooms in the redevelopment.

Nightclubs Chinawhite, Paper & Dolce also got an eviction notice and need to move. Read all about it here.

Not everybody is happy about the US Embassy building disappearing from Mayfair!

London based architecture and design critic Hugh Pearman writes:

Buildings acquire personality not only through their architecture, but through the events that they witness. In the case of Eero Saarinen’s American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, the two are inextricably intertwined.

Like it or loathe it, this building has enormous character, the expression of a subtle architectural intelligence. I know this: If we lose it, we will come to regret it.

Read the whole post at Gabion.

Property developers Minerva PLC and Northacre PLC are planning on rebuilding the Odeon Cinema in High Street Kensington. They bought the movie theatre back in 2005 for £24 million. The cinema that was originally built in 1920′s is being turned into ca 35 (ca. 100,000 sq ft) private high-end residential apartments and 5 townhouses with an underground car park and six screen cinema (1056 seats). The building of The Kensington should start in 2008.

Photos Minerva PLC & Northacre PLC

This is a picture of a former Honor Oaks Baptist church. The Manhattan Loft Corporation is turning it into a residential development of 14 apartments. No doubt the apartments will be great – the high ceilings, the extraordinary architectural details. I wonder how one would feel about spending the nights alone though. That could be quite intimidating, knowing the history that surrounds you! What do you say, would you live in a church?