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Neil Patrick Harris & David Burtka List Their Harlem Mansion For Over 7 Million — Tour The Stunning Home

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Aug. 20 2021, Published 1:04 p.m. ET

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Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka are selling their Harlem home.

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The couple’s five-story, 8,000 square foot pad located at 2036 Fifth Avenue in Harlem has officially been listed for over $7 million.

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Real estate broker Vickey Barron of Compass is listing the property alongside her colleague and daughter, Pacey Barron.

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Harris and Burtka bought the Italianate-style property in 2013 before spending the next 14 months renovating the property in collaboration with LA-based interior designer Trace Lehnhoff and New York architect Jeffrey Povero.

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The immaculate brownstone features four bedrooms, four full baths and two half-baths, a large kitchen with custom cabinets and Caesarstone countertops, and a deck with a built-in gas barbeque. There are also three gas fireplaces throughout the house.

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Other rooms include a music room, home theater and laundry room. The full basement features a gym, wine cellar and playroom for the couple’s 10-year-old twins, Gideon and Harper.

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The residence also has nearly 2,000 square feet of private outdoor space, featuring a terraced rear garden, third-floor deck, an outdoor jacuzzi and an irrigated roof deck with a pergola and barbeque.

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On the top floor of the property is Harris’ office, which is supposedly hidden behind a trick door. The secret entrance opens by pressing the eyeball of a magician on a vintage poster, according to a 2015 profile by Architectural Digest.

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The house was originally built in 1908, and previously served as a bed-and-breakfast, speakeasy for mill workers and music schools for girls before it was renovated into a single-family home.

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The exquisite Harlem brownstone was favorably documented in Architectural Digest in 2016, as well as in 2019 for a holiday tour.

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Harris and Burtka spoke to The New York Times regarding their feelings about moving out of their unique Harlem home.

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"We think of it as Willy Wonka meets the Magic Castle," the How I Met Your Mother alum told the outlet.

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"The Harlem brownstone holds some of our dearest and fondest memories," he continued. "Our kids have spent the majority of their lives there. It's a legitamately special place."

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Burtka chimed in saying, "It will always have a spot spot in my heart."

The fathers-of-two are said to be primarily residing in East Hampton in the 13.5-acre estate they purchased four years ago.

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