From Martine McCutcheon’s Love Actually terrace to Kate Winslet’s Surrey cottage in The Holiday – these are the movie homes now worth MILLIONS
If you've ever dreamed of living in one of the homes featured in festive film favourites, you may want to start saving up
IT’S the season to cosy up and watch your favourite Christmas movies.
But have you ever dreamed of living in one of the homes featured in the festive films?
From the picture perfect suburban mansion that Kevin McCallister defends in Home Alone to Kate Winslet's fairy-tale country cottage in The Holiday – which house would you chose?
Well, it may be time to start saving, as some of the properties are now worth well overs the £1million mark - including the modest terraced home at the “dodgy end of Wandsworth” where Hugh Grant finds Martine McCutcheon in Love Actually.
In 2003, when Love Actually was released, Martine McCutcheon's home would have sold for around £255,024.
While the memorable scene in which Hugh Grant shows up at her door was actually filmed in Herne Hill, more than a decade's worth of redevelopment means that, similar properties in Wandsworth sell for around the £1.1million mark.
Perhaps one of the most iconic Christmas movie homes is the McCallister family's Chicago mansion featured in Home Alone.
A list, compiled by online estate agent eMoov, estimates that anyone hoping to buy themselves a similar abode would be looking at forking out in excess of £1.5million.
The estate agent said: “Although it is not currently on the market, the cost is estimated at £1,571,521.”
In Elf, lovable Buddy arrives at his grumpy father Walter's luxurious Manhattan apartment, located at 55 Central Park West.
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Today, a one bedroom property in the pre-War, Art Deco building would cost a hefty £1,053,322.
Over the last few years, the building cost an average $2,083 (£1,688) per sq ft to live in last year, compared with $1,055 (£855) per sq ft when the film was released in 2003.
These stats suggest that a similar property would have cost around $658,380 (£533,520) when Elf first came out.
In Miracle on 34th Street, little girl Susan's dream home in the film is located in Lake Forest, Illinois, that was on the market in 2015 for $3.4million (£2,751,677).
Property prices in Illinois are estimated to have risen by almost 100 per cent since 1990 - meaning the house could have been worth half as much when the film came out in 1994.
Christmas movie homes... how much they would cost now
- Susan's dream home in Miracle on 34th Street: £2,751,677 today, or £1.38million when the movie came out in 1994
- The McCallisters' Chicago mansion from Home Alone: £1,571,521, or £1,562,148 in 1990
- Will's EC1 bachelor pad from About a Boy: £1.5million, or £347,788 in 2002
- Natalie's Wandsworth terrace in Love Actually: £1.1million, or £255,024 in 2003
- Buddy's father's New York apartment in Elf: £1,053,322, or £533,520 in 2003
- Marcus and his mum's Kentish Town flat in About a Boy: £925,000, or £304,422 in 2002
- A Surrey cottage like Kate Winslet's in The Holiday: £725,000, or £474,561 in 2006
- Nat and Josh’s home, from I Give It A Year, situated in London's Kensington Court, properties sell for an average £1,679,375
Meanwhile, the picture-perfect Surrey cottage that Kate Winslet lends to Cameron Diaz in The Holiday would set you back around £725,000.
Back in 2006, when the film was released, the average cost of a home in Shere was around £474,561.
And, in firm Brit favourite About a Boy, Hugh Grant's bachelor pad in EC1 would now cost £1.5million.
While Marcus and his mother's more modest home in Kentish Town would still set you back around £925,000.
Meanwhile, in film I Give It A Year, Nat and Josh’s home, situated in London's Kensington Court, properties sell for an average £1,679,375.