New house close to where BBC's show was filmed sold for £1.1m
DEL Boy will never believe it.
A new house close to where Only Fools And Horses was filmed sold for £1.1m
A new house on the sink estate where Only Fools And Horses was filmed has sold for £1.1million.
The four-bedroom townhouse boasts two decked terraces, a front garden, a garage and timber-effect flooring.
We look forward to building on the success achieved
Although the classic BBC1 comedy starring the Trotter family was set in Peckham, south east London, the exterior actually used for filming was on an estate on the other side of the capital, in Acton, west London.
The new house is part of a £600million redevelopment of the area by Ealing council, Countryside Properties and social housing group L&Q.
The new house is believed to be the first property there to break the seven-figure barrier.
Only Fools and Horses opening Theme.MP4.mp4
The makeover gives South Acton a posh new name – Acton Gardens – and Harlech Tower, the block used in the series as “Nelson Mandela House”, is due to be demolished within ten years.
Mike Woolliscroft, of Countryside Properties, said: “We look forward to building on the success achieved.”
By comparison with the £1.1million house, a real tower block flat in Peckham. hopefully minus the Trotters’ garish decor, would set you back only around £330,000.
The townhouse includes two decked terraces and a front garden
Only Fools And Horses ran from 1981 to 1991 before returning for a series of Christmas episodes
The dining room in the new Acton Gardens £1.1m property
Only Fools And Horses ran from 1981 to 1991 before returning for a series of Christmas episodes.
It starred David Jason as market trader Derek “Del Boy” Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his brother Rodney and Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert.
The house also boasts a front garden and timber-effect flooring
The comedy remains one of Britain’s best-loved shows thanks to Del Boy’s catchphrases such as “cushty”, “lovely jubbly”, “plonker” and mostfamously “this time next year we’ll be millionaires”.
Creator John Sullivan died in 2011.