Rolf Harris’ riverside home in Berkshire has failed to sell at auction — despite being listed for less than half of its original asking price.
The convicted sex offender’s home in Bray was due to be auctioned on 26 March with a guide price of £1.95 million. It was first listed for £4 million in April last year.
Auctioneers BTG Eddisons confirmed that the four-bedroom, mid-century property had failed to sell last week, with the reserve price not being met.
The Mirror reported that bids reached only £1.54 million — £41,000 short of its guide price.
Now, the house is available for £1.755 million on the auctioneers’ website, with another £195,000 slashed from its asking price.
Harris’ house is in an exclusive part of Bray, where the median sold price over the last five years is over £2.5 million.
In 2014, Harris, who was once one of the country’s most recognisable TV performers, was found guilty of a string of sex assaults on young women and girls between 1968 and 1986, when he was at the height of his career.
He was sentenced to five years and nine months in jail, but served less than three years.
Harris lived at the house for decades with his wife, Alwen Hughes, and daughter, Bindi Harris, who has now changed her name.
In 2014, the courts heard that Harris had assaulted his daughter’s 15-year-old friend at the Berkshire mansion while Bindi slept nearby.
Harris returned to his house in Bray after his release from prison in 2017, and died at the property in May 2023, aged 93. Hughes passed away the following year.
Harris’ estate is understood to have passed to his daughter, who was seen emptying the house before it went on the market last year.
The 6440-square-foot property has four bedrooms, a 45-foot living space, self-contained annexe, studio space and boat house.
“A substantial, architect designed, detached residence standing on a good size plot with direct frontage to the River Thames and private mooring,” reads the auction listing, adding: “Prospective buyers are advised that there is a sensitive matter regarding this lot. Please contact us for further details.”
The property is being marketed as a potential redevelopment opportunity: “The property would benefit from modernisation and the site may offer scope for redevelopment, subject to planning permission.”
