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House featured in TV show Kath & Kim to be demolished

Dig Dig Demolition said on social media that "something a bit different and unusual" would be happening at the house. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)

The iconic house used in television series Kath & Kim will be demolished this week.

Known affectionately in the show as "Chateau Kath", the four-bedroom property was said to reside in the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes.

Situated in the Melbourne suburb of Patterson Lakes, the house last sold in 2016 for $1.485 million.

The ABC rented the house during the series' run from 2002 to 2007.

The house played stage to many iconic scenes across four seasons of the television series. (ABC News)

The house was most recently renovated in 2019, after the owner of the home held an open house to raise money for Carrie's Beanies 4 Brain Cancer.

Pete Rowsthorn, who played Brett on the television show, said the house was both memorable and strange.

"It was a weird house, if I bought it I'd probably pull it down too," Rowsthorn told ABC Melbourne radio.

"It had really quite small rooms … the squeaky back door, that was all natural sound. There was no foley man putting that on top."

In the show, the house was located in the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes. (ABC News: Matt Coleman)

Rowsthorn said the home had played host to a huge number of stars over the course of the series.

"I played cricket in the backyard with Shane Warne, I danced in the garage with Kylie Minogue, I sat and had dinner with Barry Humphries dressed up as a monk," he said.

But he downplayed any rumours of a reunion for the 20th anniversary of the program.

"Not that I've heard, but I'm always the last to know," he said.

"I still contact Glenn [Robbins] and everyone, there's been nothing said so far."

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