Ricky Gervais set to make killing selling Hampstead home

Ricky Gervais has put his Hampstead home on the market, and looks set to make a massive profit after installing a basement gym.

The Office star bought the four-bedroom detached house in Willoughby Road for £3.4 million in 2006. But he now has it listed for £7.75 million - more than twice as much.

He and partner Jane Fallon, a producer turned best-selling novelist, aren't moving far, having recently bought a £10.5 million mansion nearby. They also own a small apartment in New York.

The 5,263-square-foot Hampstead house is, says agent Goldschmidt & Howland, 'a truly beautiful and unique detached Victorian house set behind gates, in the heart of the Village'.

There's an enormous reception room - 37 by 18 feet - and a kitchen/diner and ensuite bedroom on the ground floor. Upstairs, two bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms and dressing rooms, and a third has an en-suite, while the large, light front bedroom is currently being used as another reception room.

After buying the house, the couple spent a reported £1 million adding a gym, glass-enclosed plunge pool, sauna and golf simulator. This didn't go down well with the neighbours.

One told the Daily Telegraph at the time that she was constantly disturbed by noise from machinery and generators, adding: "It was a perfectly nice house before Ricky Gervais came in and spent enormous amounts of money on it."

Unfortunately for Gervais's new neighbours, they may be about to start experiencing the same thing. The estate agent's listing for the new property suggests that 'there is huge potential to extend the cellars and redevelop at garden level, subject to the usual consents'.

The neighbours will just have to hope that the eight bedrooms and four receptions that are already there will be enough space for the couple - which, thankfully, already has a swimming pool outside.

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