--- title: Harry Potter: 4 Privet Drive Is For Sale description: You could even sleep in the cupboard under the stairs canonical: https://time.com/4499216/harry-potters-4-privet-drive/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-19T14:49:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:47:21.217Z og:title: Harry Potter’s Childhood Home at 4 Privet Drive Is For Sale og:description: You can even sleep in the cupboard under the stairs og:url: https://time.com/4499216/harry-potters-4-privet-drive/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab802f830093a984/6988a6ab0b72e398aa6eb0ce/4-privet-drive.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Harry Potter house og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harry Potter’s Childhood Home at 4 Privet Drive Is For Sale twitter:description: You can even sleep in the cupboard under the stairs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab802f830093a984/6988a6ab0b72e398aa6eb0ce/4-privet-drive.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Now Buy Harry Potter’s Childhood Home at 4 Privet Drive > Sponsored content. 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No, not Gryffindor Tower, but 4 Privet Drive, where Harry spent many miserable years with his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia Dursley and their coddled son, Dudley. The family home that was used as the Dursleys’ residence in _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone_ has been [put up for sale](https://www.chancellors.co.uk/properties/bracknell-property/linked-detached-3-bedroom-house-for-sale/2139959/martins-heron-bracknell-berkshire-rg12?filter%5BpriceLow%5D=400000&filter%5BpriceHigh%5D=575000&filter%5BminNumberOfBeds%5D=3+Bedroom%28s%29&grid=&area=Bracknell%2C+Berkshire+picket+post+close&longitude=&latitude=&branchName=Bracknell+Property&saleType=Sale), complete with enclosed backyard, three bedrooms and yes, a cupboard under the stairs. There is one glaring disparity between the actual home and the one in the film—it’s not located at 4 Privet Drive, village of Little Whinging, in the county of Surrey. Instead, the house is located at 12 Picket Post Close in Martins Heron, Bracknell in Berkshire on the outskirts of London. While moving into [Gryffindor Tower](http://time.com/4455746/j-k-rowling-pottermore-new-harry-potter-books/?iid=sr-link5) still requires a letter of acceptance from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, making 4 Privet Drive your new home requires nothing more than £475,000 (almost $620,000). Perhaps waiting for an owl from Hogwarts is more realistic. \[H/T [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/harry-potter-4-privet-drive-sale/?utm%5Fcid=hp-h-2)\] ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] That was my childhood, was Harry Potter. It's what made me love to read. She has become an absolute obsession of my life. He got them passionate about Reading. I have been full and hard saving. That is my first book, I still have it with me.. I think that J. K Rowling is a mastermind so I think that we are gonna be in for a surprise but I trust her completely... I think I don't even understand what is happening until like lights went out and all and probably I started crying. This is the robe I got at Universal studios in Orlando and a wand. [ MUSIC ] Which character are you excited to see? I Love Hermione. Hermione For sure. I'm really excited to see Hermione. No question. Mine's got to be Hermione. She is the epitome of girl power. That felt good. 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