House from HUGE 90s BBC sitcom hits market for £330k – but do YOU recognise it?
OFF THE BOX House from HUGE 90s BBC sitcom hits market for £330k – but do YOU recognise it?
THE house that featured in a hugely popular BBC sitcom from the 90s has gone on the market with a £330,000 price tag – but can you name the show?
As a clue, the main character's catchphrase was 'I don't believe it.'
Advertisement
6
The famous property in Christchurch, Dorset could be yours for less than £350,000
Credit: BNPS
6
The terrace house is described as being 'well-maintained'
Credit: BNPS
6
One Foot in the Grave starred Richard Wilson as Victor Meldrew alongside his long-suffering wife Margaret, played by Annette Crosbie
Credit: BBC
The property seen in the classic British comedy One Foot in the Grave was the home of the perpetually grumpy character Victor Meldrew and it could be yours for £337,500.
The exterior of the terraced property in Christchurch, Dorset, featured heavily in the 1990s show.
Some of the hilarious scenes shot outside it included the sea of garden gnomes delivered by mistake to Victor and a Citroen 2CV car that was somehow parked in his skip.
The sitcom followed the adventures of cantankerous pensioner Victor, played by Richard Wilson, and his long-suffering wife Margaret, played by Annette Crosbie.
Advertisement
The three-bedroom home is in Tresillian Way in the Walkford suburb of Christchurch.
Fans of the show have been known to turn up and have selfies taken outside the house.
Next door to it is the home where Victor's nemesis neighbour Patrick, portrayed by Angus Deayton, lived.
The 'well-presented' property has 920 sq ft of accommodation with a hallway, lounge, kitchen/diner and conservatory on the ground floor and three bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor.
Advertisement
Outside it has a private rear garden and a garage in a nearby block.
It is being sold by local estate agents Mitchells who describe it as an "attractive house in a lovely quiet location" and say it has been well maintained.
Inside Graham Norton's incredible £6million New York townhouse he bought from huge supermodel as Brit star puts property on the market
It was last sold in 2015 and has been rented out by the current owners, so is now being sold with vacant possession.
Ben Jenkins, from Mitchells, said: "The show is always a talking point with any of the houses in that development and will always drum up a bit of interest that it was used in a television show.
Advertisement
"I think it got a lot of interest when it last sold ten years ago - the target buyers then were probably more the fans who remember it and it's less so with younger buyers now.
"But it's an attractive house and perfect as a buy to let investment."
One Foot in the Grave ran for six series and seven Christmas specials.
It was set in an unnamed town in southern England although many location scenes were shot around Christchurch and Bournemouth.
Advertisement
The interior of the house was not used for the show, with internal scenes shot at BBC Television Centre in London.
If that home doesn't appeal, here are some of the cheapest three-bedroom properties currently available.
This could be Britain's most cluttered home and it's for sale.
Meanwhile, a 500-year-old rundown cottage which featured in an iconic 90s music video could be yours
Advertisement
6
Fans of the show have been known to turn up to take selfies of themselves outside the property
Credit: BNPS
6
The property was last sold in 2015 and had been rented out by the owners
Credit: BNPS
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Record
30 minutes ago
- Daily Record
Coldplay kiss-cam scandal: Lawyers weigh in to devCan Andy Byron sue band?
Andy Byron, the former CEO of Astronomer, was caught on the kiss-cam at a Coldplay concert last week, leading to his resignation - but could he sue the band for the embarrassing moment? This week has undoubtedly been chaotic for former Astronomer chief executive Andy Byron. The married technology boss landed himself in hot water when he was caught on the kiss-cam at a Coldplay gig at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, getting cosy with Kristin Cabot, Astronomer's head of HR - and crucially, not his wife. After the footage went viral, Astronomer released a statement and Byron stepped down from his role, shortly before Martin made a statement warning fans what to expect at his next concerts. Amid the resulting furore, rumours emerged that Byron might pursue legal action, despite Martin cautioning supporters what they could expect at his upcoming show. The Mirror US consulted two barristers about Byron's possible legal position against the British rock band. "Any legal claims from Byron would be dead on arrival," stated Ron Zambrano of West Coast Employment Lawyers in Los Angeles. "He has no grounds to sue.", reports the Mirror US, reports the Express. Zambrano explained further: "First, it would immediately be struck down as a restriction on creative speech and Coldplay's ability to be artistic during their performances. Second, Byron and Cabot waived their right to privacy when they decided to attend a public event, so their public display of affection is on them, not on Coldplay. They just got caught." Supporting Zambrano's view, Tre Lovell of the Lovell Firm, who specialises in civil and entertainment law, agreed: "CEO Andy Bryon has no legal recourse against Coldplay for putting him on the big screen." Lovell remarked, "When you are out in public, you have no right to privacy for your actions. People are free to photograph you and video you." He clarified, "What people cannot do is use the video or photographs to violate your right to publicity in terms of using your image for commercial purposes or defame you and depict you in a manner that is false or untruthful." Expanding on the implications, Lovell said: "The fact that the big screen caught the CEO doing something embarrassing or immoral in public is on him." To date, neither Byron nor Cabot have commented on the footage. However, Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin seemed to allude to the event with a bit of playful banter during his next show. Without directly mentioning the incident, he jokingly cautioned the crowd about the possibility of being displayed on the big screen, advising: "Please, if you haven't done your makeup, do your makeup now!"
South Wales Guardian
an hour ago
- South Wales Guardian
Trinny Woodall: There was nothing I could have done about ex-husband's suicide
On Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, the 61-year-old reflected on the former drummer and businessman's death in 2014, and praised the work of charities looking into mental health and suicide. Asked about her regrets by Cotton, Woodall said: 'I think going back to earlier, it's that would've, should've, could've – so do I regret that I didn't do more for my ex-husband to stop him killing himself? No, because it was nothing I could have done. 'So to ponder on the regret of somebody who kills himself, it can take you into the darkest hole, but you can also know when somebody who is in that situation switches off, and that is their path and nobody can get in. 'I had to learn.' Woodall said there are 'fabulous charities' working in the area of mental health and suicide – which she said is the biggest cause of death in men under 50. She went on to speak about how she guided daughter Lyla, who was 11 at the time, through Elichaoff's death. She explained: 'When I heard about Lyla's dad, Lyla was at school and my first challenge was how can I even tell her, how can I say the words to tell her. 'My sister was a friend of a woman called Julia Samuel, who wrote an amazing book, Grief Works, and she's fantastic. 'Julia came around to our house and I just said, 'I need some words', and so she said, 'you're going to tell her he had a heart attack in his head'.'We told her (Lyla) and she screamed really loudly and it was like an animal scream, and then 20 minutes later she's downstairs getting a snack, so children's absorption of what has happened is that there's that gut, she really loved her dad. 'This thing is just, she can't quite understand it, but she knows that he's not coming back in some daily way and then we had a cremation so then there's a real awareness. 'There's a lot of people saying, 'I'm so sorry about your dad, Lyla', so she's manic a little, she was running around with her friends and then there was a memorial only 10 days after that, and there were 1,200 people in the church. 'Lyla got up and read If, but she didn't read it, she said it with nothing and didn't cry and it wasn't that she was being strong.' The beauty entrepreneur was also asked if she regrets taking drugs for a decade. She added: 'I actually don't, because it gave me such a depth of having to deal with life at an early age, some testing things that it rounded me up more as a person. 'When I got into my 30s, I had a lot of experience to draw on to be resilient, so thereby I don't regret that it happened and I should draw upon it.' Best known for hosting BBC fashion show What Not To Wear with Susannah Constantine, Woodall is also the founder of cosmetics brand Trinny London. The full interview can be heard on the Happy Place podcast available on Apple Podcasts, YouTube and Spotify. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted for free at 116 123, or on email at jo@ or jo@
Leader Live
an hour ago
- Leader Live
Trinny Woodall: There was nothing I could have done about ex-husband's suicide
On Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, the 61-year-old reflected on the former drummer and businessman's death in 2014, and praised the work of charities looking into mental health and suicide. Asked about her regrets by Cotton, Woodall said: 'I think going back to earlier, it's that would've, should've, could've – so do I regret that I didn't do more for my ex-husband to stop him killing himself? No, because it was nothing I could have done. 'So to ponder on the regret of somebody who kills himself, it can take you into the darkest hole, but you can also know when somebody who is in that situation switches off, and that is their path and nobody can get in. 'I had to learn.' Woodall said there are 'fabulous charities' working in the area of mental health and suicide – which she said is the biggest cause of death in men under 50. She went on to speak about how she guided daughter Lyla, who was 11 at the time, through Elichaoff's death. She explained: 'When I heard about Lyla's dad, Lyla was at school and my first challenge was how can I even tell her, how can I say the words to tell her. 'My sister was a friend of a woman called Julia Samuel, who wrote an amazing book, Grief Works, and she's fantastic. 'Julia came around to our house and I just said, 'I need some words', and so she said, 'you're going to tell her he had a heart attack in his head'.'We told her (Lyla) and she screamed really loudly and it was like an animal scream, and then 20 minutes later she's downstairs getting a snack, so children's absorption of what has happened is that there's that gut, she really loved her dad. 'This thing is just, she can't quite understand it, but she knows that he's not coming back in some daily way and then we had a cremation so then there's a real awareness. 'There's a lot of people saying, 'I'm so sorry about your dad, Lyla', so she's manic a little, she was running around with her friends and then there was a memorial only 10 days after that, and there were 1,200 people in the church. 'Lyla got up and read If, but she didn't read it, she said it with nothing and didn't cry and it wasn't that she was being strong.' The beauty entrepreneur was also asked if she regrets taking drugs for a decade. She added: 'I actually don't, because it gave me such a depth of having to deal with life at an early age, some testing things that it rounded me up more as a person. 'When I got into my 30s, I had a lot of experience to draw on to be resilient, so thereby I don't regret that it happened and I should draw upon it.' Best known for hosting BBC fashion show What Not To Wear with Susannah Constantine, Woodall is also the founder of cosmetics brand Trinny London. The full interview can be heard on the Happy Place podcast available on Apple Podcasts, YouTube and Spotify. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted for free at 116 123, or on email at jo@ or jo@
