Disgraced star's £4million riverside mansion fails to attract buyer due to ‘stigma' of former owner
Buyers are allegedly being put off the £4million property, located on the banks of the River Thames in Bray, Berkshire, because of the "stigma" of its notorious former owner.
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The disgraced star was jailed for five years and nine months in July 2014
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The Australian
TV personality
, musician and artist was
and nine months in July 2014.
Mayfair-based estate agents Benson International has had it up for sale since April this year.
The move marked almost two years since the disgraced star died of neck cancer in the house aged 93.
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Harris was found
Some of his heinous crimes even took place inside his house, between 1968 and 1986.
He has also been accused of sexually assaulting one of his daughters friends, who was between 13 and 19 at the time.
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Speaking to the Mirror, Brian Warren, who previously valued the mansion, explained that the cost was also putting off potential buyers.
He said: "We actually looked at it and others on the same row. I originally said it was worth £2million.
"No one buying at that price would want to live in it because of the stigma.
"And it is a mess with all add-on extensions that Rolf Harris put on over the years.
Rolf Harris' wife Alwen Hughes dies aged 93 one year after paedo husband's death from neck cancer
"So they're looking at paying another £1.5million on top of that to rebuild it because it's on the river, which is more expensive.
"Given the cost of renovation, it's just not cost effective if you have to pay £4million for the property."
Harris lived in the Riverside mansion for over six decades after rising to fame in his early 20s when he began performing a regular ten-minute cartoon drawing section in children's show Jigsaw.
, his wife, had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and died in August last year.
She constantly supported her husband during his court case, along with Bindi, with the pair regularly spotted holding his hand on the way into court.
The house was designed in line with his childhood house on the banks of the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia.
It was in his childhood home he learned to swim before becoming a national junior backstroke champion aged 15.
It was renovated ahead of his release from jail in 2017, with workmen seen replacing a large patio at a cost of more than £10,000.
The front drive, which is overlooked by a horse head, was also dug up and the back garden revamped.
Sellers
Benson International describe themselves as a 'premium property specialist operating in the heart of
London
".
Their website adds: 'We are a private office who have worked alongside clients with discretion for many years.'
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Harris' wife Alwen was often seen supporting him as he went to court
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Bindi, right, Harris' only child, inherited the property in Bray, Berkshire along with the majority of his £16 million estate
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