Home Alone house for sale! Chicago mansion featured in Macaulay Culkin's hit film on the market for $2.4m

It was as much a star of the blockbusting 1990 hit as child sensation Macaulay Culkin, and now the the Chicago house which featured in Home Alone is having another moment to shine.
This time the home on Chicago's North Shore is merely featured in real estate photographs, as it's owners seek to sell the 1920s Georgian mansion for $2.4 million.
But many will remember the colonial-style building in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka as the home of the McCallisters, and of course, the battlefield where little Kevin took on those bumbling burglers.

the McCallisters, and of course, the battlefield where little Kevin took on those bumbling burglers.

Iconic: The Chicago house featured in the Home Alone films is on the market for $2.4 million

Movie history: The stairs look very different now but they're still clearly recognisable as those so central to the film's hi-jinx

And the building, though not bedecked in Christmas lights and decorations, is instantly recognisable.
Agents have billed the ultimate piece of movie history as: 'Classic residence offers timeless and inspired family living.'

 

The property has a four-room master suite, a stunning forest inspired dining area and the notorious attic bedroom where Kevin had to spend the night with his bed-wetting cousin in the film.

Magical: The dining room looks like it could star in a Peter Jackson film

All white: The home has been given a makeover since it was used in the 1990 hit

Grand: The opulence is reflected throughout the property, there's even a piano room

All about the area: The property is just minutes away from Lake Michigan

It's described as having plenty of 'nooks and crannies' in which to hide, which harks back to the rambunctious movie franchise, which limped on to a a third and fourth film after Columbus moved on, but never captured the magic of the original.

It sprawls over 4,250 square foot and three stories  Winnetka and is just blocks from Lake Michigan and the affluent suburb's village centre.

The property's owners John and Cynthia Abendshien had only lived in the house for 18 months when Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Home Alone films, asking to film the movie there.

Supporting role: Macauley Culkin in the film's famous pose using a bathroom connected to the master suites

Times they are a changing: The kitchen as it was in 1990

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