Harry Potter house owners struggling to sell the infamous wizard’s home
The owners of the six-bedroomed home of the Potter family featured in the multi-million pound franchise are struggling with selling on their home, according to reports.
The property market has hit record lows in the wake of Brexit uncertainty, but for the owners of the De Vere House in Lavenham in Suffolk, the search is much more difficult.
The 15th century timber-framed home is the location of the Potters family home and provides the backdrop for the terrifying scene where the evil Voldemort murders Harry's parents, James and Lily Potter.
Within J. K. Rowling's fictional storyline, the house is also the place where the young wizard escaped the clutches of death himself and essentially became famous for being the only witch or wizard in history to defeat the killing curse.
Coaches full of Harry Potter fans flock to the otherwise sleepy medieval village each year.
The village is home to around 300 listed buildings but is inundated each year by fans besotted with the magical world creating by Ms Rowling.
Tori Hale, the owner of the Parlour, an ice cream and gift shop owner told The Times: "It would drive me crazy. It is heaving during summer.”
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Even outside of typical tourist season, taxi drivers are regularly asked to take Potter fans to the "Harry Potter house".
This constant stream of visitors can be a difficult for the residents who have found that some visitors have been known to knock on the door to ask "if Harry was home".
Jane and Anthony Ranzetta have lived in the grade 1 listed house for 30 years.
They first put it on the market in June 2017 for £995,000, but have since reduced it to £950,000.
The couple have been made offers but have not accepted any that have thus far been made, the Times adds.
The house has also had requests for use from other production channels including Netflix and TV companies.
With the Harry Potter films, Ms Ranzetta had been away when the crew visited.
Ms Ranzetta told The Times: “It’s an honour to live in a house like this, really. It likes to be shared.”
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