The London house with a very famous blue door has gone on sale for £7.5 million.
The three-bedroom property on Westbourne Park Road in Notting Hill featured in the 1999 romantic comedy of the same name, starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, and was the on-screen home of Grant’s character, William Thacker.
The house once belonged to film director and screenwriter Richard Curtis. It is understood that Curtis was living at the address during filming, and production designer Stuart Craig selected the house for the film without initially realising it belonged to the writer.
Now being marketed by Sotheby’s International Realty, it is described as a “remarkable” home and a chance to own “unique cinematic history”.
The listing reads: “Behind one of the most recognisable front doors in London lies a remarkable three-bedroom house, once home to screenwriter Richard Curtis and immortalised as William Thacker’s residence in the 1999 film Notting Hill.”
“Extending to approximately 2,928 sq ft, the property pairs a unique cinematic history with exceptional architecture, voluminous interiors and two substantial outside spaces.”
The home features two bathrooms, an open-plan kitchen, and a 34ft-long courtyard. It also includes a roof terrace measuring approximately 29ft by 14ft, accessible via a spiral staircase.
The original 19th-century door was sold at Christie’s for charity. Its replacement has since been painted the same shade of blue that made it famous.
The sale comes as house prices across the capital have been falling, with the average London home at £524,892 according to Lloyds figures published last month — a world away from the £7.5 million asking price in Notting Hill. By contrast, Richmond was this week named Britain’s happiest place to live, with an average asking price of just over £1 million.
