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Elementary! OnTheMarket.com values famous TV homes… but how much is Sherlock’s Baker Street flat?

13 February 2015

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OnTheMarket.com showcases its portfolio of properties which resemble the nation’s most popular homes seen on the small screen.

Now into its third week, OnTheMarket.com is still the focus of many property journalists and this week has been no exception.

Several titles published a story marketed by OnTheMarket.com this week about several of its properties which are similar to the most popular homes on TV.

Having conducted a poll among 1,000 people, surprise, surprise, we discovered the most desired TV home was Downton Abbey. Ben Hudson at Hudson Moody valued the real Downton Abbey, a stately home in Highclere, Berkshire, at £15million which was enough to get the journalists excited.

Such a princely sum is obviously out of reach of most people, however, for an offer in excess of £4.25million you could buy this stunning country residence marketed by Savills and listed at OnTheMarket.com.

We think this clearly resembles the home shared by the aristocratic Crawley family. Built in 1610, this house has only ever been on the open market three times. A former boy’s preparatory school, the current owner has transformed the house into an enviable home.

Under the headline, Downton Abbey – yours for £15m: how much TV’s most famous houses are really worth, Metro published the story and it was one of their most shared articles.

The Daily Star also liked our story and published their story on their website and in their paper with the headline ‘Live like your favourite characters: Famous telly homes and their price tags.

They reported how Sherlock’s Baker Street flat would have a £1.1million price tag (valued by Hannah Taylor at My London Home) if listed for sale today. And we found an ‘elementary’ two-bedroom flat in central London marketed by Knight Frank for £1.5million which now appears to be have been snapped up!

The Times published a story about the research which showed more than four million people took their inspiration from TV when buying a home.