How much would it cost to buy Harry Potter‘s school?
Real-estate blogger David Cross says investors hoping to get their hands on a real-life Hogwarts would have to cough up a staggering $204,102,000.
He came to the eye-watering conclusion after taking into account its price per square foot and the size of the supposedly isolated British building.
Die-hard Harry Potter fans, with their insane in-depth knowledge of the seven fantasy novels, were drafted in to help him figure out how big its class and bedrooms were.
The amount of sunlight caught on camera in the films, the distance Harry traveled on the Hogwarts Express from London and a scale model of the venue were also all analyzed.
Cross, who writes novelty real estate evaluations for Movodo.com (he also calculated that a one-bedroom on Sesame St. would run $1,525 a month), said his work was “cut out for him” as he tried to reach a value for the mythical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
But those with a spare $200 million rattling around should be warned: the price is only fixed for the school building.
Notable landmarks on the property — including the hallowed Quidditch field and Hagrid’s shack — are not included.
