Heine’s son, Magnus Hanson-Heine, bought his childhood home in 2016. At the time, his father had remortgaged the property and it was in danger of being repossessed. “It looked increasingly likely that the shark would be ‘tidied up’ so the property could be sold off as a regular terraced house,” he told The Guardian. “In the end, I agreed to preserve this piece of history and join the fight for its survival. The shark house is safe for now.”