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Megan Nisbet

Where is Our House filmed? Producers discuss filming locations for new ITV drama

Our House has officially landed on ITV and fans are desperate to see how the thriller unfolds.

Based on the book of the same name by author Louise Candlish, which came out in 2018, Our House has been described as a "tense, compelling thriller about the disintegration of a modern marriage and a property obsessed society gone awry".

It sees Fi Lawson, played by Tuppence Middleton, return home one day to find her beloved house has been sold and the contents stripped bare. Fi believes there's been a huge mistake and insists her home isn't for sale.

Read more: Our House ITV cast: Who stars in the new drama with Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton?

As events unfold, viewers will see Fi's panic rising as as she can't reach estranged husband, Bram Lawson, played by Martin Compston, or her two missing children.

ITV explains that Our House explores "every couple's worst nightmare, that you can build a life, a marriage, a home and then one day it can all just be snatched away."

As the title suggests much of the four-part thriller, which was mainly filmed at a studio and in London, is based in and around the house, which writer and executive producer Simon Ashdown refers to as a third character in Fi and Bram's marriage.

Our House on ITV (ITV)

Simon explained that it "became vital to the production to find the perfect house for the show" and once the character of the house emerged a replica was built in the studio, as much of filming took place in sets.

Discussing the process, he added: "After many conversations with Louise, who was always ready to help, and long walks around the local area a sense of the character of this house emerged.

"It then took location scouts, producer, director, designer, an army of people to scour the streets of London, both North, South,West, and East until the perfect house was found, both homely, yet quirky, aspirational but believable as a family home.

"An exact replica was also built in the studio and every detail was poured over, every object, picture and stick of furniture as the interior of the house was like a window into Fi's soul.

Martin Compston as Bram in Our House (ITV)

"Everything was an expression of her. So, the house is not only at the centre of the drama but also casts a spell."

Producer Tom Mullens added that they spent a long time looking for the right house, explaining that many "lacked character or were too ostentatious."

He also explained how the surrounding location had to adhere with the house, adding: "The other locations have to fit in with that world. This was never going to be set in a bleak landscape.

"It's a visually interesting world, but it still has its feet on the ground with scenes set in the local park, playground, cafes and at work. The kind of places many of us are familiar with."

Our House starts Monday, March 7 at 9pm on ITV.

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