JK Rowling to sell £2 million home where Harry Potter books were written It features five double bedrooms, a drawing room, a timber-framed summerhouse, landscaped gardens and its own library. A high-tech security system is in place and a concealed door in the hall of the ground floor leads to the service quarters where Rowling's staff were based. The gardens include a children's soft matted play area, a pond and a water feature. There is also a detached office in the grounds of the property, which was built in 1880, with its own bedroom, kitchen, shower room and garden. "An exceptional detached family house standing within a large yet discreet landscaped and walled garden in one of Edinburgh's most exclusive conservation areas," the brochure reads. The property has been redesigned and extended utilising the very best in modern fixtures and fittings to complement retained Victorian period features and now provides incredibly bright, beautifully proportioned and flexible accommodation over two floors while also incorporating a detached split level office with kitchen and shower room, summerhouse, various outhouses and a double garage accessed from the cobbled lane to the rear. Internally, period features such as flagstone floors, elegant plasterwork including detailed cornices, dado and picture rails,period fireplaces and sash and case astragal windows, are complemented by a traditionally styled kitchen, contemporary bathrooms, glass partitions, French doors, under-floor heating and a high-level security system. Rowling bought the top half of the house for £425,000 in 1999 after the success of the early Potter novels, before buying out her downstairs neighbour and converting the property back to a single detached home. Harry Potter fans from all over the world often made pilgrimages to the house, prompting the author to ramp up security measures. Her neighbours include fellow authors Ian Rankin and Alexander McCall Smith and Alistair Darling, the former Chancellor. But Rowling bought another home in Edinburgh for £2 million in December 2009 and moved there permanently last year. She recently won planning permission to build two giant tree houses for her children in the garden of the property. The author also owns an estate in Perthshire and a townhouse in London. Her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, is due to be published on September 27.