What does Fashion Week Venues handle on my behalf for this booking?

We handle the full path from first enquiry to load-out, with concierge included at no extra fee on this listing. For this Minford property specifically that means confirming dates and access windows with the owner, negotiating the rate against your brief, papering the agreement so your commercial use of a residential property is properly documented, and coordinating crew or guest arrival at a rural Ohio address that most drivers will need clear directions for. On the production side we brief lighting and set requirements against the existing furniture, arrange any additional kit, and manage the schedule across both floors so a shoot and a showroom appointment can run in parallel. You get one point of contact throughout rather than a chain of forwarded emails. You can read how our process works

How large is the space and how is it laid out?

The property is 372 sqm, roughly 4,000 sqft, arranged across two floors. The layout gives you a master bedroom, two guest rooms, a toddler room, a dedicated office and a separate living space, plus a complete kitchen, multiple bathrooms and a separate WC. That room count is the real value of this rental, because six distinct interiors under one roof mean a campaign shoot can move from bedroom to kitchen to office without breaking for a set build. Brands shooting multi-category collections typically find they cover four to six looks per room in a single day here. The contemporary finish reads as a lived-in modern home on camera rather than a studio.

What is the day rate for this property?

The day rate at 670 Rases Mountain Drive is quoted on request, because the owner prices differently for a two person content shoot, a full video production crew and a multi-day showroom presentation. Send us your dates, headcount, whether you need overnight or early morning access, and what you plan to bring in, and we return a fixed all-in figure with no hidden extras. Brief-based pricing works in your favour on a space like this, since a lean lookbook day will always cost less than a build-heavy production. As a reference point, southern Ohio residential production space sits well below metropolitan studio and showroom rental rates for equivalent square footage. We will also flag whether a consecutive multi-day block reduces the per day cost, which it usually does here.

Can I book this for a last-minute photo or video session?

Yes, this property is listed as open to last-minute video and photo sessions, which is unusual and worth using. Because the house is already furnished and climate controlled, there is no dressing lead time to build into your schedule, so a shoot confirmed on a Tuesday can realistically run that Thursday. We reply within 24h on availability requests for this address and will tell you immediately if the dates are clear rather than holding you in a queue. Brands running fast turnaround e-commerce and social content in this type of space typically find that having a kitchen, bathrooms and heating already in place is what makes a same-week booking viable. If you need crew, lighting or set support at short notice, our production and build

What is the natural light like, and is there lighting on site?

The property has strong natural daylight throughout and integrated lighting in every room, plus an elevated outlook across the surrounding landscape that gives you a usable exterior backdrop through the windows. Because the house sits across two floors at latitude 38.87, you get differing light quality upstairs and downstairs through the day, which lets you schedule warmer rooms for morning and cooler rooms for late afternoon. Most teams who hire this space still bring continuous lighting or strobes for controlled product work and use the daylight for lifestyle frames. The integrated fixtures are domestic rather than broadcast grade, so treat them as ambience rather than key light. We can confirm window orientation room by room before you lock your shot list.

Are there facilities for crew and talent during a long shooting day?

Yes, and this is where a residential property beats a bare studio floor. You have a complete working kitchen for catering and coffee, multiple bathrooms plus a separate WC for changing and hair and makeup, and a dedicated living space that works well as a holding and styling area away from set. Air conditioning and heating mean the 372 sqm floorplate stays comfortable in an Ohio August or a February morning. The house is move-in ready with furniture in place, so your call sheet does not need a set build slot. In our experience handling content studio bookings at furnished houses, having a real kitchen and two floors of separation between crew and talent is what keeps a 12 hour day on schedule.

Does this work as a showroom for wholesale and buyer appointments?

Yes, the property is categorised for showroom presentation and the layout supports it well. The dedicated office functions as your wholesale appointment room, the living space works as a collection preview and hospitality area, and the upstairs bedrooms give you private rooms for confidential buyer conversations or per-category rail displays. Regional brands rent this format to host Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia buyers over two or three days without the cost of a metropolitan fashion showroom. We can add front of house and rail management through our retail staffing

Is there street access and a window display for retail-style use?

Yes, the ground floor has direct street access and a window display, which is rare in a residential property and useful for any brand presentation with an arrival moment. Guests can enter at ground level without moving through private living areas, and the window gives you a place to merchandise a hero product or a vinyl graphic for the duration of your booking. This makes the space genuinely for hire as a gallery showing or a launch event rather than only a closed shoot location. Parking is on site and off street, which matters at a rural Minford address with no public transit nearby. Assume every guest and crew member arrives by car and plan your invitation logistics accordingly.

Can I use it for a gallery showing or an intimate brand presentation?

Yes, gallery showing is one of the listed categories for this address and the two floor layout suits a routed visitor journey. You can stage a sequence where guests arrive through the ground floor street entrance, view work or product in the living space and office, then move upstairs to a quieter viewing room. The daylight and the outlook make daytime openings stronger than evening ones here, so request availability for a late morning to early evening window if you are showing physical work. Brands and galleries running this format in furnished houses typically cap guest numbers at 40 to 60 at any one time to keep sightlines clean. We can advise on flow and sequencing once you share your piece count or rail count.

What permits or agreements do I need to use a residential property commercially in Ohio?

Commercial use of a residential property in Scioto County generally runs on a licence to occupy or temporary use agreement with the owner rather than a retail lease, and for a private shoot or invite-only appointment day you usually do not need a municipal permit. What changes the picture is selling goods on site, exterior signage, amplified sound, or road and driveway obstruction from production vehicles, any of which may require notification or a local permission at township level in Ohio postcode 45653. If you plan to take payment, you will also need the correct state sales tax registration for temporary retail. When you enquire we confirm exactly which of these apply to your brief and prepare the paperwork with the owner before you commit spend. Our permit guide

Can I change the furniture or add fit-out for my brand?

Light fit-out is possible with owner approval, and the practical approach here is partial rather than total. The house comes furnished in a contemporary style, so most brands keep the kitchen and living space as found and reset two or three rooms to match their identity, which is far cheaper than clearing 372 sqm. Freestanding rails, plinths, backdrops, vinyl for the window display and swapped soft furnishings are all straightforward, while anything fixed to walls, floors or ceilings needs written sign off before you hire the space. We keep a record of what was approved and photograph the property at load in and load out so deposit disputes do not happen. Ask us for a room by room fit-out feasibility note with your quote.

How many people can the space hold?

The listing carries a headline occupancy estimate of 390, which reflects a theoretical building figure rather than a working number for your event. In practice across 372 sqm and two floors, this property handles a production crew of 10 to 25 comfortably, a showroom day with 6 to 10 people on site at a time, and a private view or sample sale with 40 to 60 guests circulating. If you want to book for anything above that we will get a firm figure from the owner and confirm bathroom and parking capacity before you invite anyone. Splitting arrivals across timed slots is what we normally recommend at residential addresses of this size. Give us your guest count at enquiry and we will tell you whether the number holds.

Is the space usable year round?

Yes, the property has both air conditioning and heating, so a short-term rental works in any season including Ohio winters and humid summers. That matters more than it sounds for garment work, because stable temperature and humidity keep steamed samples from creasing and keep talent comfortable through long takes. Winter and shoulder season dates are typically easier to secure here and often price more favourably than peak summer weekends. Daylight hours shorten considerably from November to February at this latitude, so if your shot list depends on natural light, plan tighter schedules or plan for supplementary lighting. We will flag seasonal light windows when we send your dates back.

How do I enquire and what happens after that?

Send an enquiry with your dates, use case, headcount and any fit-out needs, and there is no charge until confirmed. We check live availability on 670 Rases Mountain Drive with the owner, come back with a fixed quote and an access plan, and hold your dates while you review. Once you approve, we issue the occupancy agreement, collect the deposit, and set up a single briefing call covering load in, parking, key handover and load out. Every owner and property on our roster is vetted before it reaches a listing page, so you are not chasing an unverified host. From confirmation to shoot day on this property we have turned bookings around in under a week when the dates were clear.

What is the day rate?

Rates are quoted on request — send your dates and use case through the inquiry card.

Is staging, branding and fit-out permitted?

Yes. Fashion Week Venues runs the full production build — signage, fixtures, lighting, sound, catering and staffing — subject to venue rules. Include your fit-out brief in the inquiry.

Included on-site: daylight, lighting, living space, stunning view, wc, air conditioning, bathroom, complete kitchen.

How far in advance should we book?

Fashion week windows book 6–10 weeks out. Off-season activations can be secured in 2–3 weeks.

shell — minford · 45653

Modern 4000 sq ft Residential Space in Minford, Ohio.

372 m²

4000 sq ft

minford

45653

on request

brief-based

showroom

3 use cases

city

Minford

area

372 sqm

day rate

on request

postcode

45653

use cases

photo shoot · video production · content creation

included

daylight · lighting · living space

about this space

This 372-square-meter residential property is located at 670 Rases Mountain Drive in Minford, Ohio. The space is distributed across two floors and features a modern and contemporary design. The interior layout includes a master bedroom, two guest rooms, one toddler room, one office, and a dedicated living space. The property is suitable for various uses, including photo shoots, video productions, showrooms, and galleries. Functional amenities integrated into the home include a complete kitchen, multiple bathrooms, a water closet, and furniture. Technical utilities consist of air conditioning, heating, and integrated lighting. The space is also equipped with a window display and positioned with direct street access on the ground floor. Notable architectural features include natural daylight and a stunning view. The property is available for last-minute video or photo sessions and is categorized as a unique event and showroom space. All mentioned features are available to support operational requirements within this professional setting.

the fwv take

Treat this Minford house as a multi-set content studio and campaign shoot base rather than a footfall-driven temporary retail unit, because six separately furnished rooms spread across two floors hand a lean crew four to six credible backdrops inside one day rate with no set build required at all.

What makes this address work for lookbook and video production is the way generous daylight and an elevated outlook reach rooms that already carry furniture, integrated lighting, a complete kitchen and multiple bathrooms, so talent, styling and catering all sit under the same roof while the ground floor street entrance takes camera and wardrobe cases straight in without a service lift or a loading bay queue.

The brand that suits it is a small to mid-scale contemporary label one to six years into trading in loungewear, denim, knitwear, childrenswear, home textiles or skincare, warm and lived-in in tone; we would be honest and say a luxury maison, a large press day venue requirement or an industrial streetwear aesthetic will not find its register here, and those briefs belong in a commercial frontage you can find when you browse all spaces.

Booking-wise, the quiet advantage is that southern Ohio sits outside the fashion week calendar entirely, so the September and February crunch that locks metropolitan studios six months out barely applies and two to three weeks of lead time usually holds, though weekends and school holiday periods go first because the property is genuinely residential, and in our experience it pays to confirm overnight access, grip van parking and whether the toddler room can be cleared before you commit, then back-plan against your drop dates with our activation timeline.

what's included

daylight
lighting
living space
stunning view
wc
air conditioning
bathroom
complete kitchen
furniture
heating
ground floor street
window display

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how to book this space

01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 372 sqm floor plan and amenities for Modern 4000 sq ft Residential Space in Minford, Ohio, then note the window you want in Minford. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.
02
Send the brief
Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. Pricing on this space is quoted on request.
03
Get availability and a quote
We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Minford.
04
Lock the contract
Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.
05
Build and open
Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Minford.

activation ideas

Campaign and Lookbook Photo Shoot

This is the strongest use of the space, because six separately furnished rooms across 372 sqm hand a photographer four to six credible backdrops inside a single day rate with no set build. Brands running editorial shoots in furnished houses like this typically bring a crew of 8 to 15 and schedule by light, using upstairs bedrooms in the morning and the living space and kitchen later. Treat the integrated fixtures as ambience and bring your own key light.

E-commerce Shoot

Works well for high-volume on-figure and flat-lay work because the property is already dressed and open to last-minute bookings, so there is no dressing day to absorb. A two to four person team can hold one guest room as a steaming and prep station, shoot on-figure in the master bedroom and use the office for detail crops. In practice the complete kitchen and multiple bathrooms handle catering and changing without hiring any additional facilities unit.

Video Production

Credible for brand film and short-form video because two floors give you genuine separation between set, holding and crew, and both heating and air conditioning keep a 12 hour day workable year round in southern Ohio. Ground floor street access takes camera and wardrobe cases straight in, though there is no loading bay or service lift, so plan a trolley route. Our production and build team can cover grip, additional lighting and any room reset.

Content Creation Day

Suits a batch content day well, since each room reads as a different environment and lets a small team produce a quarter of social assets in one visit. What makes this work specifically is the working kitchen for food and unboxing formats, the living space for talking-head and try-on content, and the office for founder or podcast-style segments. Keep the group to 6 to 10 people so rooms stay clear for filming rather than becoming holding areas.

SS or AW Seasonal Showroom

Adequate to good as a regional seasonal showroom, because the room count lets you split a collection by category instead of crowding one floor with rails. The living space works as the collection preview and hospitality area, the two guest rooms take category rails and the office handles order writing. Bring your own rails and steamers, and add front of house through retail staffing so your sales team stays in the room with buyers.

Buyer Appointments and Wholesale Previews

This works because the dedicated office gives you a closed appointment room rather than a corner of an open floor, which matters when terms and pricing are on the table. Realistically you can run three to five appointments a day with 6 to 10 people on site at any one time, using the upstairs rooms to reset between buyers. On-site off-street parking is the practical enabler here, as every buyer will arrive by car.

Invite-Led Sample Sale

This functions as a sample sale space on the strength of ground floor street access and a window display, which give you a retail-style arrival without routing guests through private rooms. There is no commercial footfall in Minford, so build the audience yourself and run 40 to 60 guests in timed slots across a weekend. Use the kitchen as back of house and till point, with point of sale and payments set up ahead of doors opening.

Gallery Showing or Intimate Brand Presentation

Genuinely viable as a gallery showing because two floors support a routed visitor journey, from street entrance through the living space and office to a quieter viewing room upstairs. Strong daylight and the elevated outlook make a late morning to early evening window better than an evening opening. Cap circulation at 40 to 60 guests for clean sightlines, and plan on freestanding plinths and rails, since anything fixed to walls needs written owner approval first.

use cases

photo shootvideo productioncontent creationgallery showingshowroom presentation

location

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minford · 45653·38.8727° · -82.8936°

frequently asked

Yes, but as an invitation-led pop-up rather than a high-traffic temporary retail unit. The property at 670 Rases Mountain Drive in Minford, Ohio sits in a residential setting with no commercial footfall to draw from, so brands who run pop-up shops here succeed by bringing their own audience through email, local press and social. The ground floor street access and window display give you a genuine retail-style front for a sample sale, a regional trunk show or a members-only shopping weekend, and you can book by the day or across a full week. In our experience handling bookings at residential addresses like this, the format that converts is an appointment-based shopping day for 15 to 40 invited customers rather than a walk-in store. If your goal is pure passing trade, we will tell you honestly at enquiry stage and point you to a commercial frontage instead.

who it suits

Brand Scale

This space fits small to mid-sized brands with a 3 to 15 person team, roughly 1 to 6 years of trading, and a content-led DTC or wholesale model that needs volume imagery rather than public footfall. At 372 sqm across two floors with a master bedroom, two guest rooms, a toddler room, an office and a separate living space, the property gives a lean crew multiple dressed sets under one roof, which is exactly what a brand shooting four to six drops a year needs without booking a studio day rate plus set build. Where we see mismatches is when a national retailer or a heritage house with a large press list treats this as a flagship-style venue. There is no city footfall here, no adjacent luxury retail context, and no capacity for a 200-guest press day. Brands needing that should browse all spaces in metropolitan markets instead.

Aesthetic Fit

Modern contemporary interiors, generous natural daylight and an elevated outlook make this suited to lifestyle-adjacent categories: loungewear, denim, knitwear, athleisure, childrenswear, home textiles, skincare and jewellery shot in a lived-in domestic register. The complete kitchen, furnished rooms and residential zoning read as authentic home context on camera, which flatters brands whose visual identity leans warm, editorial and human rather than gallery-cold. What will not work is high-gloss luxury with a hard architectural signature, avant-garde streetwear that needs raw concrete and industrial scale, or any brand whose identity depends on a stripped white cube. Overwriting a furnished modern home to achieve that costs more than starting elsewhere. Brands wanting a partial reset usually layer in furniture rental for two or three key rooms rather than the whole floorplate.

Best Use Cases

First choice is campaign and lookbook photography, because six distinct rooms plus daylight and integrated lighting deliver multiple backdrops in a single booking, including last-minute sessions. Second is video production and content studio use, where air conditioning, heating, a working kitchen and multiple bathrooms keep a crew and talent comfortable across a long shooting day. Third is a private showroom presentation or collection preview, with the office and living space working as appointment rooms for wholesale appointment blocks. Fourth is a gallery showing or intimate brand presentation space, helped by ground floor street access and a window display. Fifth is a small sample sale or invite-only pop-up concept for a regional customer base. Least suited is high-traffic temporary retail space, which this location cannot support.

Budget Signal

Priced on request and positioned well below metropolitan production and showroom rental rates, this sits in the value tier for square footage per euro. Brands at this stage typically find that a comparable 372 sqm footprint in a prime commercial district costs several multiples more, while a hotel event space delivers one room and restrictive load-in windows, and a co-working venue offers no set variety at all. Against a shared pop-up format you gain exclusivity, a full kitchen, furniture already in place and the ability to shoot overnight. What you trade is footfall and fashion-district adjacency, so this makes sense as a production and appointment base rather than a public retail experience. Model the tradeoff with our budget calculator before committing to a multi-day block.

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about this space

the fwv take

what's included

make the space yours.

how to book this space

Check the shell and the dates

Send the brief

Get availability and a quote

Lock the contract

Build and open

activation ideas

Campaign and Lookbook Photo Shoot

E-commerce Shoot

Video Production

Content Creation Day

SS or AW Seasonal Showroom

Buyer Appointments and Wholesale Previews

Invite-Led Sample Sale

Gallery Showing or Intimate Brand Presentation

use cases

location

frequently asked

who it suits

Brand Scale

Aesthetic Fit

Best Use Cases

Budget Signal

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