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Harry Potter fans are in for a magical treat as 4 Privet Drive – the home of Harry’s Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and cousin Dudley Dursley in the famous films – has gone up for sale.

The home in Picket Post Close, Martins Heron – better known as the fictional 4 Privet Drive – is up for sale for nearly half a million pounds.

Back in 2001, the house was picked out of hundreds around the UK to be the Dursleys' home in the very first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Harry was forced to live in the cupboard under the stairs by his cruel aunt and uncle before heading to Hogwarts.

However, logistical problems meant the actual house only ever featured in one of the films – but the whole street was recreated in a studio for the later films, including the final installments of the series Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows.

At £475,000 it’s not cheap, but as well as a small piece of Hollywood history you also get a completely refurbished home.

The owners have done the whole thing up and are now hoping to sell. The house is being marketed by Chancellors in Bracknell.

(Image: Warner Bros)

(Image: Warner Bros.)

So for your near half-a-million quid you get three bedrooms, a big family bathroom, a newly-laid drive and a landscaped back garden with a large patio, Get Reading reports.

The house in Bracknell wasn't the only location in the area used in the Harry Potter films as filming also took place at Swinley Forest.

Despite attempts to keep filming secret, 10-year-old Reuben Shields-Allen found a call sheet for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows while out walking his dogs with his parents near the Look Out in June 2009.



Harry was famously made to sleep under the stairs in Privet Drive and the fictional address in Little Whinging is where Harry lived since he was 15 months old and became an orphan.

His understair room has tiny walls packed with shelves and barely room for his bed.

Earlier this year Potter-mad mum Charlotte Kyriakou revealed her Harry-styled haven inside a standard redbrick detached family home.

(Image: Warner Bros)

(Image: Will Rigdon (Supplied by WENN.com))

Charlotte spent more than £13,000 decking out the dining room so it looks like the movie set, complete with moving pictures, a Sorting Hat, and even original props used in the films.

The 31-year-old was bewitched after visiting Warner Bros. Studios: The Making of Harry Potter, and has spent the last 18 months transforming her home.

And she's not the old Potter-mad fan to adapt her home to the fictional furnishings.

One woman also lovingly decorated her cupboard under the stairs for her Chihuahua Pancho, complete with works of art and a comfortable sleeping space.