The owner of the villa in which Linda de Mol’s Gooische Vrouwen character lives is cashing in handsomely. Renting out your house to a TV series costs around 5,000 euros per day.
The press presentation of the new Gooische Vrouwen season took place last week in the villa where Linda de Mol’s character lives. “There are people who like to see their house on the big white screen,” explains show expert Bart Ettekoven at the Shownieuws desk. “You have location scouts who drive through the Gooi.”
Location scouts
Those location scouts will then take a look and ring people’s doorbells, says Bart. “Some people are even registered with casting agencies. Linda and the team lived there for a month. These are real houses where real people live.”
Colleague Patty Brard: “I don’t feel too sorry for them, because I spoke to them today and the time they were allowed to perform in Villa Morero, they could sit comfortably in a B&B in Blaricum.”
Completely stripped
Your house will then be completely stripped, Linda de Mol herself explains. “We try to shoot all the scenes together per villa. I think I was here for two or maybe three weeks. The residents then just leave for a while. You shouldn’t see it either, because your entire house is being taken over.”
She continues: “We put carpet everywhere and everyone knows that they have to be very careful with the location, but you have really lost your house completely. All your furniture is being removed.”
Better taste
The furniture really needs to be adapted to the characters, says Linda. “These people have a completely different taste than Cheryl and Martin. Much better taste. All your stuff is taken out and then the art department comes in and your house is decorated completely differently for a few weeks.”
Show expert Eline de Ruig at the desk: “What I find fascinating: this is a huge house, so those people have quite a lot of money, I think, so they shouldn’t have to do it for the money.”
5,000 euros
Patty Brard also finds it striking. “No, but they really like it. They were there themselves. It seems terrible to me, but yes, they really like it.”
Colleague Ronald Molendijk: “You don’t have to do it for the money? I spoke to someone this week who had rented out his house for one day for a commercial shoot and that was 5,000 euros for that day, so if you do it for three weeks, you live for free for the rest of the year.”
Goofy
Ronald also knows how this works. “My house where I live now was empty for a while before I moved in. It was then used for the series Copper.”
Bart: “Oh, I thought Flodder.”
Ronald finally: “What is this?!”