Ever since we heard the Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’, the idea of rock music and hotels have sounded pretty sweet. Now, it seems like if Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris has his way, you’ll be able to stay at his house for one luxurious combination of rock music and room service.
As NME reports, Iron Maiden’s bassist and co-founder Steve Harris recently opened up about his house in Essex. The nine-acre mansion has been on the market for five years, initially asking a whopping £6.75m (AUD $10.93m), but has since been lowered a few times to its current price of £3.95m (AUD $6.39m).
NME notes that the mansion consists of portions that were constructed in the 15th century, in addition to such luxuries as a full-size soccer pitch, a tennis court, and a private horse and cart bar.
Now, in a recent radio interview with Sweden’s Bandit Rock, Harris has talked about his potential plans for the mansion. “It was all a bit crazy to start with, because when I first put it [on sale], I wasn’t really sure if I wanted to sell it,” Harris said.
“Because I was [moving] abroad, and I thought, ‘Well, I don’t know if I’m gonna really wanna stay abroad,’ so I put it at a silly price, and I thought if somebody wants to pay silly money for it, then they’re welcome to it. But then I brought the price down – it’s actually a very reasonable price now.”
“In an ideal world, I’d like to turn it into a boutique hotel, and I think Maiden fans would go there,” Harris said. “I mean, I had a small bar in Portugal, called Eddie’s Bar, which is no longer open; it closed a few years ago. But people used to come from all over the world just to go to that little bar, and I think maybe they would go to the house.”
“We recorded some albums there, too, in the studio,” he continued. “Fear Of The Dark we recorded there and a few others, and there’s lots of memorabilia there and everything like that. So… I don’t know. That would be a nice plan. A boutique hotel… It means I could still stay there as well, which would be great. It’d be an ideal world for me, really.”
So who knows, it seems like with a bit of arm-twisting, Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris could be convinced into turning his luxurious property into a metal-lover’s hotspot. Maybe while you’re relaxing in bed, trying to fall into the ‘Slumber Of The Beast’, you might be able to partake in some of Iron Maiden’s beer they crafted earlier this year. It sounds like it could be quite a time.
Take a photo tour of Steve Harris’ mansion below.
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