The family told a neighbour they know the horror history of the Royston, Hertfordshire house where Electra Brown series author Helen Bailey was murdered – but it is still their ‘dream home’
The house where a children’s author was murdered by her fiance has been sold at a reduced price to a young family.
Ian Stewart, 56, killed Helen Bailey, 51 – who wrote the Electra Brown books for teens – in a bid to inherit her wealth and their house.
Stewart dumped Helen’s body in a cesspit under the garage of Hartwell Lodge after killing her in 2016.
The five-bed home, in Royston, Hertfordshire – which has an outdoor pool – went on the market last autumn.
It has now sold for £1.25millon. It was worth £1.5million at the time of Stewart’s trial in 2017.
When it went up for sale last year, it was valued at £1.4million, and the new owners secured a further £150,000 discount.
The family who moved in – who the Mirror is not naming – say it is their “dream home”.
One said: “I have been told they knew about the history of the house when they came to look around and put in an offer.
