The house used for scenes from the Harry Potter films is to be auctioned in London later this month.

　　FPD Savills expects keen interest in No 12 Picket Post Close, in Bracknell, Berkshire, which has a guide price of ￡250,000.

　　The house featured as the Privet Drive home of the loathsome Dursleys, Harry's unmagical Muggle relatives.

　　Harry spent most of his formative years there padlocked in the cupboard under the stairs, or behind bars in the smallest first-floor bedroom, living on hope and smuggled birthday cake.

　　The two-storey three-bedroomed detached house, built in 1993, was tracked down by a film location-spotter for its lack of interesting features.

　　The owner, who has decided to sell, agreed to rent it to Warner Brothers, says The Guardian.

　　The real house does have a cupboard under the stairs, but it has never held a prisoner - most of the interiors were shot on a film studio set.

　　The property is described by the auctioneers as "in good order throughout and has an attractive 40ft south-facing garden".

　　曾用于拍摄电影《哈利。波特》的房子本月将在伦敦被拍卖。

　　负责这次拍卖的拍卖行相信,这所位于波克夏郡布勒克尼尔市的房子可以卖25万英镑。在电影《哈利。波特》中,哈利在这所房子楼梯下面的壁橱里度过了成长的时光,在1楼的那个小房间里,他还吃到了偷带进来的生日蛋糕。

　　这幢两层高、带3个卧室的房子建于1993年,当初之所以被布景师看中其实是由于它本身没什么特别之处。房子里倒真的有一个壁橱,不过里面从来没关过任何人。在拍卖行的广告里,对这幢房子的描述是:“结构合理,并带一个朝南的40平方尺的漂亮花园。”