THE Photo-House

A “why not” attempt to create the coolest photography house in Utah.

UPDATE: The owner sold the house 2 days before I was to move in… can’t blame him I suppose… it was a great rental price but way overpriced to buy, so good for him if he was able to sell it.

But now I’m looking for a new place… and if possible even another option for another PHOTO HOUSE

So I ran across this house for lease and went to look at it and take some pictures.

see full gallery here

It was perfect!
But a little bit too spendy for just me and my lonely self.

So…. I had an idea

Planning

I’ve been talking with the owner about leasing it and then renting out the other 4 bedrooms.
He’s down… now I just need to see the interest for renters.

The Idea

The coolest photog house and hangout in Utah

A place for photographers to live, eat, breath photography

As a place to live or as a place to have an office/studio

Indoor studios, outdoor locations, rooms to rent, office space, place to live and have photo related events

To live in the house it would probably need to be single folk like myself.

WHERE

It is a very secluded house that happens to be very near Everything

See it up-close on Google Maps

It’s located in Lehi, Utah

2.0 miles from American Fork/Lehi shopping area on state st.
Including countless restaurants, Walmart, Costco, you name it!
All are under 2.5 miles away

2.2 miles from freeway on-ramp to I-15

12 miles to Salt Lake county (Draper, Bangerter hwy)

13.3 miles to University ave in Orem

30 miles to downtown SLC

Very close to tons of photographic locations in Utah county.
(The house comes with a list of all of these locations… haha )

The best indoor lighting possible

There are 20ft+ vaulted ceilings with a wall of big windows
Both of the bottom rows have a built in diffuser because of the style of shades.
And we can set up another room as a dark studio for when it’s not night.

Big studio and Workshop room

You can fit any amount of studio lighting equipment in this huge front room.

As an added benefit I have a decent amount of studio equipment that would just be there for anyone to use.
Those coming in would be encouraged but not forced to share lighting equipment.

We’ll work out fair scheduling for the front room and other studio set-ups.
We’ll limit the number of people so it’s never too crowded.

Even as is you could almost have 3-4 studio setups going on in the house, not counting right outside on large porch.

And as you can see you can even get lighting stuff high up because of the open 3rd floor.

With chairs we can easily get in 40 maybe up to 60 people in this front room.

Quite a few locations on the property to take pictures

It is situated on 1.2 acres of heavily wooded land.

Much more than 1 acre
There is endless open land next to it, that is not open to development and therefore free to go roam around and take pictures.
Some of it is rather dense but I’m sure we can work on upkeep of the trails.

Great lighting.
The trees provide a great amount of shade and make it so sunset hits much earlier.
But it is on a hill so you just go up a bit higher to a less wooded patch for later sunlight.

There is a pond, lots of grass area and small waterfall area and more great photo options on the neighbor’s side that the owner says we should have great access too.

May i take a moment to mention the driveway has a heating element in part of it to keep it easier to drive in winter.

The huge porch balcony overlook and views

Sad I didn’t really get good pics of the porch and how it’s a perfect place for outdoor gatherings and BBQs
I suppose we just trust me.
But here are a couple of pics.

The other side of the porch/balcony is much much more open

Large kitchen to support large gatherings

Downstairs

Downstairs is completely open in my book… 3 rooms and another large family room.

This is another large open room for either darker studio or big screen TV etc

There are 3 Rooms Open to rent down here for either Office space or bedrooms.

Each has large closets and are roughly 15×10 with one being slightly larger

2 Master Suites

I’ll be kicking it in one of the suites

The larger suite is upstairs and a little more set apart from others. It is for rent.
It has a big bathroom, big closet and even has a balcony and a fireplace of it’s own.

OPTIONS

1. Living + Photography

Live there and use it as a base of operations for your photography, full access.

2. Living or Office/Photography

You’re either not a photographer and just want to rent a room.
Or you live somewhere else but want a room for an office/studio

In either case you’ll be using it less than someone living there And doing photography.

3. Photography

If you’d like to have it as a place to have a studio set up but don’t need a separate room.

Considering you’re using the house much less the cost will be much less.
But it also depends on how much you intend to use the house/studios/land

If you’re interested send me a message or call me

A couple possible questions

Heating?

there are 4 fireplaces throughout the house to cut down on the need of the furnace.
Including a pellet stove that warms things up real good.

Upkeep?

We’ll be looking into someone to come help keep the place clean for a small shared charge and to upkeep the grounds.

The plan is also to have an ATV to keep the long driveway clean.

Parking?

Parking right next to house can be tight with a lot of people.
There is a 3 car garage.

There is also Tons of parking located at the top of the drive that requires a short walk downhill.

The location can even support large workshops with 40 or so people.

Cost?

As listed in the “Options” above it will depend on usage and if and what room you want to rent.

A deposit is required.

What will monthly costs be used for?

Rental of rooms is to help pay the lease, utilities, high speed Internet, Cleaning of house and upkeep on land.

I will also use some of the flow to compensate for buying extra studio equipment, ATV, office furniture, chairs for workshops, and other furnishings

When?

I’d like to see this going by early September of this year.

Do you have to be a photographer?

No.
The preference is yes. But I’ll take what I can get.