A huge sex mirror in the bedroom of a fancy cottage worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has shocked house hunters.
Potential buyers did a double-take after finding the large mirror fixed to the ceiling above one of the beds in a £875,000 house up for sale in Dane Court Gardens, Broadstairs, Kent.
One house hunter even joked it could allow the owner, or anyone sleeping in the room, to go ‘full Patrick Bateman’, who is a fictional serial killer and sex addict from American Psycho.
The flashy three-bed house is billed as a ‘generous and private home’ with ‘secluded gardens,’ a heated swimming pool and a gated driveway.
House hunters were surprised to find a property on Rightmove that had a ‘gigantic sex mirror’ above one of the beds
The fancy house in Dane Court Gardens, Broadstairs, Kent, was up for sale for a whopping £875,000
The three-bedroom cottage boasts ‘secluded gardens,’ a heated swimming pool and a gated driveway. It was billed as a ‘generous and private home’
One house hunter joked the mirror could allow the owner, or anyone sleeping in the room, to go ‘full Patrick Bateman’, who is a fictional serial killer and sex addict from American Psycho. Pictured: Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in 2000 film American Psycho
Yet it’s the interesting positioning of a mirror directly above a wooden-framed bed that intrigued and repulsed imaginative property viewers in equal measure.
It looms over the bed and there is an oddly positioned telly on the wall to the side of it.
Pete Brissenden quipped: ‘Do you not think that if you have a gigantic sex mirror above the bed you’d take it down before the estate agent came to take the photos?’
Estate agents tasked with selling the home said the plush Kent property was able to offer ‘everything your family needs’
The sex mirror (pictured from an alternative angle here) looms over the bed and there is an oddly positioned telly on the wall to the side of it
The house’s other bedrooms didn’t have similar mirrors or any seemingly-odd features to boast
They had a mixture of hardwood and carpeted floors and a range of different colour schemes for each room
The television in this room was positioned in a much more traditional place, raised at the foot of the bed
As well as having three bedrooms the gorgeous Kent home also has three bathrooms, including an en-suite and a wet room
A roomy kitchen would suggest a family could happily settle down in the house worth hundreds of thousands in the south of the UK
He added: ‘The whole setup is beyond comprehension really. There’s a TV mounted at a weird place too.’
Mr Brissenden jokingly likened it to the main character out of the book and film American Psycho.
‘Maybe it’s for going full Patrick Bateman,’ he said. ‘And you can link the video camera up to it and get two angles at once?’
Fictional character Bateman is a serial killer and sexual deviant in Bret Easton Ellis’s novel played by Christian Bale in the movie adaptation.
Another house hunter said the weirdness of the TV would depend on what you were showing.
‘It fits in with that mirror,’ they said. ‘Shudder.’
Ignoring the elephant in the room, Emma Victory joked: ‘Urgh. Dark and light wood.’
Other viewers were worried about the mirror falling in the night.
Another house hunter – known only as Christopher – said: ‘I’d worry about it not being properly secured.
The garden is walled off and has room for improvement, although it already has designated areas for chairs and benches
However, although the house had a large number of positives, house hunters only seemed to focus on the sex mirror
Potential buyer Pete Brissenden quipped: ‘Do you not think that if you have a gigantic sex mirror above the bed you’d take it down before the estate agent came to take the photos?’
Meanwhile another house hunter joked about the raunchy mirror, adding: ‘What kind of skinflint perv doesn’t go full length?’
Agreeing, Les Telford said: ‘Health and safety gone mad.’
Another man added: ‘What kind of skinflint perv doesn’t go full length?’
Meanwhile, house hunter Em said: ‘I can’t decide what’s worse seeing myself at it or knowing they’ve never had it so good they fear the mirror coming off.’
Social media users were shocked at the sex mirror in the bedroom, with some worried about health and safety as well as the purpose of it
John Humphreys added: ‘That’s settled it, next band name: Gigantic Sex Mirror.’
The ‘charming property hides behind hedgerow for privacy’ and is ‘tucked away in a quite cul-de-sac’in Broadstairs, Kent – according to Wards estate agents.
Wards adds: ‘This generous and private home offers everything your family needs.
‘With a heated swimming pool and secluded private gardens, there is space for the whole family.
‘A viewing is highly advised.’
Who is Patrick Bateman from American Psycho?
Patrick Bateman is a fictional character in Bret Easton Ellis’s novel American Psycho and played by English actor Christian Bale in the 2000 film adaptation.
Bateman is a rich investment banker that leads a secret double life as a serial killer and sexual deviant. He also acts as the narrator for the film, which is classed as a black comedy horror film.
He is a jealous and lustful man with a desire for gratification as well as a seemingly-unquenchable thirst for murdering people.
Slick banker Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a fictional serial killer and sex pest
He kills women largely for sexual pleasure, although slaughters others as well, including a child and a cat.
Bateman’s portrayal by Bale, who shows off the character’s glitzy lifestyle as well as its more gruesome aspects, has led to the film having a cult following since its release at the turn of the century.
American Psycho debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2000, before it was let out in cinemas on April 14, 2000. It received mostly positive reviews and was a financial success.
