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Harry Potter House for Sale
Singapore Home Prices Shift Again
family, who didn’t initially realise the
significance of the address..
A home with an address made
famous by Harry Potter has been
put up for sale for offers in excess of
£650,000 (RM3.52 million).
The five-bedroom executive family
home on the outskirts of Watford,
north west of London in the United
Kingdom, wouldn’t normally stand out.
It’s one of eight properties in a private
gated development, but what makes
this property special is its address – 4
Privet Drive.
The address shot to fame in the
Harry Potter books and films, and is
where the young Harry grew up. In
real life the home is to the Hussain
70
www.PropertyHunter.com.my
Speaking to the Watford Observer
newspaper, Dee Hussain said: “When
we bought the house we didn’t realise
the significance of the address. But
then when I said it to my son, who was
reading the books at the time, he was
like ‘oh my god, that’s Harry Potter’s
house’. The house was reserved by
someone else but then they pulled
out and we pestered the estate agent
and managed to secure it.
“It was totally luck that we got it and I
didn’t understand the importance of
the address at the time..
She added that her family receives
letters from around the world from
children attempting to write to Harry
Potter.
The property is being sold by Sterling
Estate Agents, and is also being
marketed through the global auction
website eBay.
The housing scene in Singapore
Singapore’s first-quarter
home prices fell for a second
consecutive quarter as tighter
mortgages cooled demand in
Asia’s second-most expensive
housing market.
According to Bloomberg, the
private residential prices fell
1.3 per cent to 211.6 points
within the three months ended
March 31 following a 0.9 per
cent decline in the previous
three-month period, in line
with preliminary information
released by the Urban
redevelopment authority
recently.
However, the latest drop is the
largest since June 2009.
Donald Han, Managing Director
of Chesterton Singapore Pte.
said that will set the tone for
2014.