Mansion dubbed real-life UK Home Alone house goes on sale for £7 million
25.11.2023 - 13:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mansion dubbed 'the UK's version of the Home Alone house' has gone up for sale - for a whopping £7 MILLION. The sprawling pad in Cobham, Surrey, has seven bedrooms as well as a heated swimming pool, private cinema room, a gym and even a wine cellar.
But its exterior has also seen it compared to the suburban Chicago house from the cult Christmas film where Macaulay Culkin's character Kevin McCallister hilariously defends his home from bungling burglars Harry and Marv aka The Wet Bandits.
Prospective house buyers are reassured that, unlike Kevin's home, the Surrey mansion comes complete with a full working security system. The real Home Alone house is based in Winnetka, Illinois, and is said to be worth around $2.3m today, around £1.8m.
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The 4,243 square foot property which boasts half an acre attracts tourists from around the world each year. Fans are now being given the opportunity to buy their 'own Home Alone house' closer to home - but it won't come cheap with a hefty price tag of £7 million.
The property, which sits in a 0.73 acre plot, is stretched over 13,469 square feet, over three times the size of the original Home Alone House.
Estate agent Adam Day, from eXp UK, said: “At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking this is the actual Home Alone house. But it’s fair to say that this property is far superior.
“It’s certainly large enough to host a film crew, but the last thing you would want to do is let Kevin run riot given his previous form for destruction.
"The good news is that it comes with a full security system and so if you do make a habit of forgetting your children,