'We could hear him playing the guitar': Living in Ozzy Osbourne's childhood home
Mohabbat Ali Zaman lives at the two bedroom house on 14 Lodge Road in Aston, Birmingham with his family and the house has been in the family for 50 years.
He added: "This is our family house, it used to be Ozzy Osbourne's childhood home and I was young when my father bought the house."
The Zaman family previously lived at number 16 Lodge Road but later moved into number 14, where the Osbourne's lived.
Ozzy Osbourne lived there with his parents and five siblings and went to Prince Albert Junior and Infant school in the area.
'We feel like we are looking after his legacy'
Mohabbat said: "The house is special because it has our childhood memories in and someone else's childhood memories, we feel like we are looking after his legacy."
He added: "My parents had no idea when they bought it in 1972 what Ozzy and Black Sabbath would become.
"It's got a lot of memories, my parents bought it six months after I was born from Ozzy Osbourne's parents.
"My mum did say Ozzy saw me as a baby.
"I can still remember what the house originally looked like, the carpets and the interior, it was beautiful.
"We bought it exactly as Ozzy's father left it."
When did Ozzy visit the house?
Ozzy returned to the house in 1995 as part of a documentary into his life. He was back in his home region at the time as part of a solo tour which included a gig at the civic Hall in Wolverhampton.
He also went down his old street Lodge Road when he came to Birmingham for the Commonwealth games in 2022 when he made a surprise appearance along with his Black Sabbath bandmates for the games closing ceremony.
Mohabbat said that the house has become a point of fascination for Black Sabbath fans, "Over the years every time Ozzy was doing something in his house people would come here and put flowers or candles outside, we've had lots of American tourists."
A number of fans flocked to the house before the band's farewell concert at Villa Park earlier this month.
Ozzy's death
The Black Sabbath singer died aged 76 on the 22nd of July.
Mohabbat said he has noticed a outpouring of grief from fans since the news: "Since Ozzy's death, fans have brought back flowers, small little gifts and balloons, people have left poems, about how Ozzy turned their life around through his music and helped them what they are going through.
"It's really nice he started where he has ended up and he gave his fans a lot by coming back to Birmingham."
"My mum saw Ozzy when he was young, she always said how his mum was very lovely especially because my mum was new in the country.
"She also saw him when he was young and we used to listen him playing the guitar next door, we of course didn't know what he would become."
Allegedly the words 'into the void' are carved into the brick of the house when Ozzy was deciding on band names before Black Sabbath.
Fan mail
Since the death of Ozzy Osbourne, the Zaman family have set up a dedicated email for fans to leave their tributes.
Mohabbat said his brother had the idea, "we have since received 800 emails from fans paying tribute to Ozzy.
"We are currently gathering all the messages left in digital form and we plan to preserve it as part of the Ozzy House legacy archive."
Fans can email ozzyhousetribute@gmail.com.
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