Get Back to the Future: Our Best Retro & Vintage Style Locations

You don’t have to time travel to visit our best retro and vintage-style location houses. Just check out The Modern House–estate agents to see that vintage-style houses are as popular as ever. From bold ‘70s palettes and sunken sofas to Malibu-style pools and American-style bungalows, these homes are perfect for film shoots, photography sessions, and capturing that authentic retro aesthetic.

Modern interior with a midcentury vibe featuring sunken velvet seating in sunset tones, round dining table with cane retro chairs, pendant overhead lighting, and wooden wall panelling.

Canyon House

This architecturally designed home brings a 21st-century modern aesthetic to North London with serious retro vibes. The built-in low seating area upholstered in on-trend sunset velvet is ideal for gatherings and entertaining shoots (often spotted on Pinterest!). There's plenty of authentic walnut wood panelling and white open staircases, creating a space that oozes mid-century modern style. Perfect for interiors photography and film work that plays with bold colours and period detail.

Midcentury retro-style living room with low light brown leather furniture, deep orangery-red walls, orange flooring, red check rug, and a silver and glass retro bar with matching stools.

Deerhurst

No detail has been spared in this lovingly preserved vintage home. It blends original features with clever, era-true updates. A built-in bed that’s perfect for channelling your inner Hugh Hefner, a groovy bar area, wood panelling, floral feature walls, and hot ‘70s colours all make an appearance. Add a seamless indoor-outdoor pool area with sliding doors to a garden chill-out zone, and you’ve got a true California-meets-the-Streatham dream.

Midcentury interior with high wooden ceilings, retro-style furniture, large sliding doors, silver ball pendant lights, and a stone fireplace with a mounted TV.

Waterside

This Californian dream house fulfils all your Malibu fantasies. With classic mid-century bones — high ceilings, wooden floors and matching panelled ceilings — it's a triumph inside and out. It feels like it’s been airlifted from the hills above LA and dropped into Bromley. Complete with a must-have outdoor pool, it’s ideal for filming, stills and full production crews.

21st-century American-style suburban bungalow with yellow brick exterior, large picture windows, garage door, manicured lawn, driveway, and surrounding mature trees.

American Bungalow

This neat American-style retro bungalow is straight out of 1950s suburban USA — but it's actually in Crowthorne, near Reading. Both the exterior and interior live up to their vintage label, offering authentic American craftsman bungalow charm that’s ideal for nostalgic editorial, commercials, or film shoots.

21st-century retro interior with wooden panelled walls, built-in sky blue seating area, black stove, and large surrounding windows.

Norfolk Beach House

If you fancy some barefoot coastal living, throw off your shoes and head to this Norfolk retro-style beach house. With direct access to the sand and a decked seating area offering sea views, it captures that relaxed Californian coastal vibe. Inside, you’ll find tongue-and-groove finishes, wooden panelling and era-appropriate furnishings — all styled with timeless charm.

Bright, light-filled retro-style interior with white walls, exposed wooden rafters, concrete floor, and plaster-effect surfaces. Large windows open onto a leafy tropical garden. Features modern and midcentury dining furniture, yellow metal accents, a sofa, and a kitchen island.

Timber

This modern home is a lesson in retro restraint. With exposed wooden rafter ceilings, concrete floors and crisp white walls, it’s a perfect hybrid of mid-century influence and contemporary simplicity. Think Scandinavian minimalism with a nod to California modernism — cool, clean and endlessly shootable.

Retro-style room painted in yellow-orange tones with low-level vintage sofa, 60s sideboard, midcentury coffee table, parquet flooring, abstract red-toned painting on the wall, and vertical white blinds on the window—cool, nostalgic vibes.

True Seventies Romance

This 70s-style detached house in Dartford brings colour in all the right ways. Dominated by warm orange tones and parquet flooring, it also introduces green, white and yellow into the mix. Bold, punchy and refined, this is retro design with a modern twist — ideal for fashion shoots or film work that wants to pop on camera.

Retro-style room with wooden tongue-and-groove ceiling, blue sofa with angular metal legs, vintage brown leather sofa, grey feature wall, bright 1960s-style artwork, raffia standing lamp, grey carpet, open staircase, large picture windows, and a piano.

Coalpit

A retro party pool house near Haywards Heath, this location is a carefully restored original with curated, era-specific furnishings. The vibe is laid-back and summer-ready, with a gorgeous open layout and breezy character. Perfect for relaxed editorial shoots or lifestyle filming with a vintage edge.

Sunken 1960s-style sofa in an open-plan space with exposed brickwork, floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a country view, copper-surround fireplace, khaki carpeted flooring throughout, and low-hanging cream and gold interior pendant ceiling lights—groovy vintage aesthetic.

Dudley House

This is the real deal — a true mid-century modern icon designed by architects Mason and Richards in 1965. Inside you'll find a sunken sofa, a built-in fireplace, slatted wooden dividers, feature walls, and 35 rooms (yes, really!). There's also a fabulous indoor pool.

Inspiration from Film & TV

A Single Man (2009) – Dir. Tom Ford | Refined mid-century California style
Boogie Nights (1997) – Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson | Bold, brash ‘70s LA interiors and party pads
The Incredibles (2004) – Pixar | Stylised modernist architecture with playful retro detail
Mad Men (2007–2015) – AMC | Iconic ‘60s office and home styling
Palm Royale (Apple TV+) – Glamorous, kitschy ‘60s–’70s Florida mansion style
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) – Lavish New York apartments and period-perfect decor