ABBA’s secret mansion is up for sale – including items left behind by the band

The house was bought by a couple in 1986 who lived there until they passed away, resulting in this sale.

Incredibly, original ABBA recording equipment and tapes remain – completely untouched – inside the home.

The pad’s Swedish Longhouse Style features an open living space with a long corridor and two identical wings on either side, with three bedrooms each.

Listing agent Lisa Farmer, with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, said: “We found the architect and spoke to him on the phone. He said he was in a trailer on the site before the home was built with both couples, all four members of the band, face to face, designing the home.

“At the time, he didn’t realise it was ABBA until a few days later when he got a call from a reporter in London who apparently got wind of it.

“He said he met with two Swedish couples and that’s how he found out it was ABBA.

“They specifically requested a Swedish longhouse design, and that’s how it was designed. It’s got a really neat central, common living area that’s big and open with a really nice stone fireplace.

“What’s kind of unique is that the two wings on both sides of the house are exactly identical and symmetrical.

“From what I understand, they wanted to build two kitchens also, but apparently permitting wouldn’t allow that.

“The space where they were going to do the other smaller kitchen in became a half-bath and laundry room.

“What’s super cool is there were some things left behind in the house from ABBA.

“There’s some stereo equipment that the people that bought it never removed.

“They never even used it. It’s in this one area where [ABBA] might have done some recording. There’s an actual ABBA cassette that was left inside the cassette player

“There are so many different options that somebody could do,” Farmer says. “The layout of the home is pretty special and just makes for a great house for somebody who would like to entertain or has a big family.

“The neighbours have talked about how they would see them in the backyard and how they played volleyball in the pool.

“It’s fact now. I knew it was real. The children of the current owners knew it was real. The neighbours knew it was real, but talking to the architect was the final fact,
“I think it would be pretty cool for somebody to own a property with that kind of past and history.”