{"id":795,"date":"2025-03-28T15:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T16:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merlinscove.com\/?p=795"},"modified":"2025-04-13T08:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T08:05:31","slug":"70s-icons-london-childhood-home-hits-the-market-for-449500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merlinscove.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/70s-icons-london-childhood-home-hits-the-market-for-449500\/","title":{"rendered":"70s icon\u2019s London childhood home hits the market for \u00a3449,500"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Want to live life like Aladdin Sane – or Ziggy Stardust – himself? (Picture: Rightmove)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ever fancied living like the stars do? One 70s music legend\u2019s<\/a> childhood home has hit the market down in Bromley<\/a>, South London<\/a> for \u00a3449,500.<\/p>\n

David Bowie<\/a> is most closely associated with the vibrant Brixton<\/a>, having lived at 40 Stansfield Road until he was six years old. To this day, a mural of everyone\u2019s favourite Starman \u2013 specifically styled as his alter ego Aladdin<\/a> Sane – shines over the streets of Brixton Road.<\/p>\n

But after he moved out of SW9 in 1953, he and his family moved to Bromley, which was part of Kent until 1965, when it joined Greater London.<\/p>\n

Now, the home on Canon Road, BR1, is up for sale for almost half a million \u2013 and since English Heritage specifies that blue plaques can only be placed over the homes of people who died at least 20 years ago, there\u2019s nothing to be found here hanging on the exterior wall.<\/p>\n

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The property is small, but steeped in history (Picture: Rightmove)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And while the Victorian period property might be small, it\u2019s certainly steeped in plenty of history. <\/p>\n

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With two bedrooms, two reception rooms and one bathroom, the listing, marketed by Leaders<\/a>, describes it as a \u2018charming two-bedroom period terraced house\u2019 which is \u2018located in a quiet residential position close to the heart of Bickley on the borders of Bromley.\u2019<\/p>\n

Bowie stardom aside, it adds that it\u2019s the \u2018perfect place to call home,\u2019 exuding \u2018a sense of peace and tranquillity,\u2019 and is available chain-free.<\/p>\n

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David Bowie was born David Robert Jones (Picture: R Bamber\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The family\u2019s time at the home was brief, as the next year, they moved to Plaistow Grove, closer to Sundridge Park.<\/p>\n

At the time Bowie \u2013 born David Robert Jones \u2013 moved to Bromley, the average UK house price rested at \u00a31,884. Today, that translates to \u00a344,795. Just imagine?<\/p>\n

He eventually moved away from Bromley completely in 1965 \u2013 becoming David Bowie in January 1966 as he was constantly confused with Davy Jones of The Monkees – but it continued to hold a close spot in his heart.<\/p>\n

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There are two reception rooms and two bedrooms (Picture: Rightmove)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a 2003 interview with Vanity Fair, he recalled visiting the local department store Medhursts \u2013 which these days, is now a Primark.<\/p>\n

\u2018There wasn\u2019t an American release they didn\u2019t have or couldn\u2019t get. Quite as hip as any London supplier,\u2019 he said at the time.<\/p>\n

\u2018I would have had a very dry musical run were it not for this place.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The family only lived at the property for a year (Picture: Rightmove)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bowie\u2019s former home isn\u2019t the only notable property to come onto the market in the last year. In September 2024, Boy George\u2019s<\/a> home in Hampstead was placed on the rental market for \u00a365,000 per month.<\/p>\n

Having bought the five-bedroom property in the 1980s after Culture Club first enjoyed commercial success, the singer looked to rent it out after 40 years of owning it.<\/p>\n

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When Bowie moved to Bromley, the average UK house was \u00a31,884 (Picture: Rightmove)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He previously placed the home on the market in November 2022 for \u00a317,000,000, and received some \u2018very good offers\u2019 on it, as estate agent Robert Irving Burns previously noted, but ultimately decided to turn it down.<\/p>\n

Similarly, in November 2024, a recording studio formerly owned by The Pet Shop Boys<\/a> on Garrett Street went up for sale with a price tag of \u00a36,000,000.<\/p>\n

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