Scottish home of Harry Potter author sold! Congrats to this talented writer
This 1880 era home of bestselling book author J. K. Rowling in Scotland was just sold, it's a beautiful home.
(above photo sourced from inquisitr.com)
(Photo below of the recently-sold Aberdeen, Scotland home of J. K. Rowling sourced from Los Angeles Times)
Here's news report from Bloomberg:
Harry Potter Author’s Former Home Sold to Scottish Businessman
By Peter Woodifield - Nov 25, 2012 8:01 AM GMT+0800
The former Edinburgh home of Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling was sold to a Scottish-based businessman for an undisclosed sum.
The Victorian two-story, eight-bedroom town house in the upmarket Merchiston area of the Scottish capital stands in its own grounds with a walled garden. It sold after 21 days of going on the market on Sept. 20 for offers over 2.25 million pounds (US$3.6 million), realtor Rettie & Co. said in an e-mailed statement today. The agent didn’t disclose the price.
The property, a 30-minute walk from Edinburgh Castle, attracted more than 16,000 unique visitors to Rettie’s website with 65 percent coming from outside the U.K., the majority from the U.S. and Asia, the agent said. The only people who viewed the house were Scottish-based businessmen, it said.
Rowling, 47, started writing the Harry Potter boy wizard series in cafes in Edinburgh, staying in the city after the books turned her into a multimillionaire. The first one wasn published in June 1997.
The author, who moved into a new home in the Scottish capital last year, bought the top half of the house in 1999 before purchasing the ground floor from her neighbour and returning it to a two-story town house.
Built in 1880, the house includes an annexe that’s been turned into an office.
Another news report earlier about this home from the Los Angeles Times newspaper:
(This photo below sourced from bornrich.com)
The Victorian two-story, eight-bedroom town house in the upmarket Merchiston area of the Scottish capital stands in its own grounds with a walled garden. It sold after 21 days of going on the market on Sept. 20 for offers over 2.25 million pounds (US$3.6 million), realtor Rettie & Co. said in an e-mailed statement today. The agent didn’t disclose the price.
The property, a 30-minute walk from Edinburgh Castle, attracted more than 16,000 unique visitors to Rettie’s website with 65 percent coming from outside the U.K., the majority from the U.S. and Asia, the agent said. The only people who viewed the house were Scottish-based businessmen, it said.
Rowling, 47, started writing the Harry Potter boy wizard series in cafes in Edinburgh, staying in the city after the books turned her into a multimillionaire. The first one wasn published in June 1997.
The author, who moved into a new home in the Scottish capital last year, bought the top half of the house in 1999 before purchasing the ground floor from her neighbour and returning it to a two-story town house.
Built in 1880, the house includes an annexe that’s been turned into an office.
Another news report earlier about this home from the Los Angeles Times newspaper:
J.K. Rowling's one-time Scotland home for sale for $3.7 million
A house where J.K. Rowling once lived is for sale in Edinburgh, Scotland. The $3.7 million Victorian has a number of upgrades, eight bedrooms and a walled garden.
Perhaps a touch of Harry Potter remains there, too.
The Rettie & Co. real estate listing does not note that the famous author once lived in the home. That news came via the Associated Press, which reports, "Rowling lived there with her husband and three children while she wrote several volumes in her seven-book adventure series about the boy wizard."
Perhaps a touch of Harry Potter remains there, too.
The Rettie & Co. real estate listing does not note that the famous author once lived in the home. That news came via the Associated Press, which reports, "Rowling lived there with her husband and three children while she wrote several volumes in her seven-book adventure series about the boy wizard."
(This photo below sourced from bornrich.com)
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