A HOUSE with a blue door made famous by the iconic Hugh Grant Notting Hill movie has quietly been put up for sale.
The property behind the world famous door is available to buyers for a staggering £7.9million.
Once owned by the film‘s screenwriter Richard Curtis, the flat has attracted tourists for almost 30 years.
In the movie it is home to Hugh Grant’s William Thacker who falls in love with Hollywood actress Anna Scott, portrayed by Julia Roberts.
The home behind the famous blue door spans around 3,000sq ft and features three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Curtis sold the home after the film’s release in 1999 and it was last purchased by Neil Hutchinson for £4.5million.
It is now being offered up for sale for £3.4million more than Hutchison paid for it.
The flat was listed on Invisible Homes – a site for off-market listings.
Described as “remarkable” the flat has been boasted as one of London’s most recognisable properties.
The listing describes the property as having a “spectacular kitchen, dining and reception room extending almost 48 ft.”
Above the kitchen the flat features a “first-floor gallery” that “wraps around much of the room and incorporates a book-lined study.”
A spiral staircase in the private courtyard garden leads to a “secret roof terrace.”
The terrace is: “enclosed by mature planting and old brick walls providing a secluded place to dine above the rooftops of Notting Hill.”
After the film’s release the original blue door was auctioned off in a bid to put off picture hunters.
It was then replaced with a black door but later repainted blue again.
In 2023 the home was vandalised with tags appearing regularly on the blue door – ruining pictures for tourists.
Tourists and influencers amass in Notting Hill, west London, every year to see various famous sights, including the blue door.
Residents on the street – where the average house price is £1.2 million – spoke of their horror at the area becoming a tourist attraction.
The tourists can be seen bumbling around the middle of the road and posing on wealthy residents’ doorsteps.
Some neighbours on the famously multi-coloured Lancaster Road began painting their houses white to avoid catching the attention of influencers.
The internet’s obsession with Notting Hill dates back to the pre TikTok and Instagram era of 1999 with the release of aptly named movie, “Notting Hill.”
Starring the likes of Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, the romcom went down as classic hit and secured Notting Hill’s popularity with influencers forever.
Some residents in the Hillgate Village area of Notting Hill compared living on the iconic street to being trapped inside “Disneyland or the zoo”.