Hi Vickie
Personally, I look around those housing areas which have the larger, posh houses, for a nice road or street and use that. I took some shots of my previous vehicles in and around Kent etc with some nice hedgerows, clean/new road surfaces etc. The owners of these places often spend extra on nice brickwork/woodwork for their fencing etc which makes for a nice background.
There are also some pretty smart office/retail parks around with high spec buildings (chrome/alloy/glass etc). These usually attract the "Top Gear" photographers so you could take inspiration from them??
Just some thoughts?
I'll see if I can find some images to post for you.
BDL