The flat where Inspector Rebus lives in author Ian Rankin’s crime novels has gone up for sale for more than £425,000.
The property in Edinburgh’s Marchmont area has been the detective’s home for all 22 of the books in which he has featured.
Situated on the second floor of a tenement block on Arden Street, it boasts three bedrooms, and a “spacious bay lounge” with “feature fireplace and ornate cornice”.
There is also a modern fitted kitchen with dining area and an en-suite shower room in the main bedroom.
The flat has been put on the market for offers over £425,000.
Lucy Forbes, of estate agents Clyde Property, said: “The connection to the books may attract viewers and generate new interest, especially for Rebus fans.”
A sales brochure for the property says: “Author Ian Rankin famously revealed that this flat was the home address of his popular character Inspector Rebus.”
Rankin, 60, has previously identified the flat as being Rebus’s home and thanked a fan for alerting him to the sale. He said the timing of it was “odd” as in his next book Rebus moves to a ground floor flat in the same block because of ill health.
The Fife-born writer posted on Twitter: “This is very odd – just as I’ve got Rebus moving house at the start of the new book!”
The author lived on Arden Street as a student and decided to locate Rebus’ home in the building across the road from his flat.
