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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
House from iconic 90s BBC sitcom goes on the market for £337,000 - can you remember where you've seen it?
A terraced house that became well-known to millions of TV viewers from a popular 90s BBC sitcom has gone on the market. Fans of the classic British comedy can now buy the three-bedroom home after it went on the market for £337,500. The property featured in the popular classic One Foot in the Grave and was the home of the grumpy main character Victor Meldrew. Exterior scenes for the show were shot outside the house in the residential street Tresillian Way, in the Walkford suburb of Christchurch. 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. Estate agent Ben Jenkins said the property's TV history is bound to 'drum up a bit of interest' in the home. The sitcom followed the adventures of cantankerous pensioner Victor, played by Richard Wilson, and his long-suffering wife Margaret, played by Annette Crosbie. Lovers of the show have even 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. One Foot in the Grave ran for six series and seven Christmas specials. Although the location is not referred to in the show, many of the location scenes shot around Christchurch and Bournemouth. The interior of the house was not used for the show, with internal scenes shot at BBC Television Centre in London. 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. 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. Last sold in 2015, it has been rented out by the current owners, so is now being sold with vacant possession. Mr 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. '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.'
The Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
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.' 6 6 6 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. 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. 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. 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. "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. 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 6 6 6
BBC News
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
One Foot in the Grave Christchurch house for sale
A suburban house which became familiar to millions of TV viewers as the house of Victor Meldrew in the sitcom One Foot in the Grave has gone on the scenes for the show were shot outside house in a residential street in Walkford, near Christchurch in Dorset in the included Victor being buried up his neck in the garden and a naked man dangling from the agent Ben Jenkins said it's history gave a "funny little slant" to the property sale. One Foot in the Grave followed the frustrations and misfortunes of cantankerous pensioner Victor Meldrew, played by Richard Wilson and his long-suffering wife, Margaret, portrayed by Annette show ran for six series during the 1990s, as well as seven Christmas specials, with many scenes shot around Bournemouth and the location is not referred to in the show, the Meldrews' house in Tresillian Way was the location for many of its classic scenes involving the couple and their included the machine-gunning of scores of garden gnomes in front of the house, and Victor discovering his car in a skip. The house interior was not used for in the sales documentation as a "a well presented, terraced house of about 920 sq ft", the house last sold in 2015 and has since been rented out by its current Jenkins of Mitchells Estate Agents said: "Being the house from the TV series was quite a thing back in the day… but now not so much."But it does give it a funny little slant." Speaking in 2014, writer David Renwick explained Tresillian Way was chosen because it fitted a storyline at the start of series two, in which the Meldrews came back from holiday to find their house demolished and a mix-up over a housewarming party followed."Just for that one joke, we needed a set of houses which looked identical - but that was a lot tougher to find that it sounds," he said. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
