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  1. Jul 31, 2021 · This Muggle house, located in Little Whinging, Surrey, to the south-west of London, was where Harry Potter lived from November 1, 1981 through August 31, 1991. Until the end of July, 1991, Harry was forced to live in a cupboard under the stairs, on the ground floor.

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    The Dursleys bought the house and started living in it in 1977. Albus Dumbledore first visited the house in 1981, delivering the baby Harry Potter to be put into the Dursleys care after the murder of his parents. Harry wasn't the only thing that Dumbledore left behind him on this occasion: he also invoked strong magic granting Harry absolute protec...

    The home consisted of two floors. Inside, the house was, if anything, even neater than the perfectly presented gardens. Nymphadora Tonks in particular was moved to comment about how clean it was when she visited as part of the Advance Guard, although it has to be said that she is used to the walking mess that is her father, Ted Tonks. The downstair...

    In England, a "privet" is "a very common shrub planted as hedges in suburbia". Those with privet hedges are said to conform to the suburban identity, and privets are characterised as boring and uni...
    "Privet" also means "prohibition".
    "Privet" could also be a play on the word "private", as the Dursley's attempts to keep things private, like keeping Harry living there from the Masons in 1992.
    Number Four was filmed at a real house at Picket Post Close, Winkfield Row, Bracknell, Berkshire in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In September 2016, the property...
    4 Privet Drive is based on J. K. Rowling's own childhood home in Winterbourne, near Bristol.
    On the wall opposite of Harry's cupboard under the stairs some certificates are attached which display uncle Vernon's and Dudley's achievements. Additionally there is a framed print of the British...
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  2. 15 hours ago · The story of Harry Potter 's Dudley Dursley goes beyond his last scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Dudley's parents, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, encouraged their son's mean-spirited attitude towards his cousin instead of trying to shape him into a better person. Dudley could have been like a brother to Harry, but instead he ...

  3. Jun 24, 2015 · JK Rowling has finally shed light on exactly why Harry Potters uptight Privet Drive-dwelling aunt and uncle disliked him enough to leave him languishing in the cupboard under the stairs.

  4. Dec 20, 2018 · Harry Potter manages to nearly have both: the loving and peaceful life he would have had with his parents is destroyed by Voldemort, which throws him into the malicious care of the Dursleys. When you look at it, the Dursleys are almost absurdly villainous.

  5. I can think of features of the house like the wallpapered walls and heavy dark curtains to how Aunt Petunia was dying clothing in a huge pot in the first movie and decorating a 50’s looking styled cake that falls on the guest in the second movie.

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  7. Mar 25, 2022 · Since filming during this short period, the house has undergone renovations, so the interior of the house doesn't look like the one they recognize from the film franchise. Clare Powder told Get Surrey they do have a cupboard under the stairs, though it's a normal cupboard and in a different position than the one in the film.