The Cupboard Under the Stairs[3] was Harry Potter's room in the Dursley household until he was given Dudley Dursley's old room, at 4 Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey. The cupboard was described as small and dusty, with lots of spiders.[1] When Harry's mother and father were killed in 1981, Harry was brought to his maternal aunt, Petunia Dursley.[4][1] She and her husband Vernon reluctantly took him in, but treated him poorly,[1] mostly because his parents had been magical and they feared