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This South Austin house went full ‘Harry Potter’ for Halloween

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Accio candy.

If you went trick-or-treating in Circle C on Halloween, you may have seen a pretty magical home.

According to KVUE, homeowner Joel Pace is a huge Harry Potter fan -- so he takes advantage of Halloween every year to turn his house into his very own mashup of Hogwarts, Gringotts, Godric’s Hollow, Number Four Privet Drive and Diagon Alley.

READ MORE: Celebrating 20 years of ‘Harry Potter’

Pace said the decorations took about a month to hand-build, including a flying Ford Anglia from “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” a large dragon perched on the roof, graves for Harry Potter’s parents and Dobby the House Elf, as well as a shop window modeled after Weasley’s Wizarding Wheezes. 

Halloween’s over, so the Paces are no longer serving Butterbeer along with Halloween candy, but you may still be able to sneak a peek at the decorations before they get taken down. 

RELATED: A concert and a movie: Austin Symphony to return with “Harry Potter” score

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KATEY PSENCIK   Katey Psencik is an online content producer for the Austin American-Statesman. Follow her on Twitter @psencikk.

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