A dad who went all out for Halloween has raised more than £3,000 for charity and even had a special visit from Professor Dumbledore.

Kieron King, and his spider-covered house in Lower Rainham Road, Gillingham, has collected £3,200 for Demelza Hospice.

The 37-year-old escalator engineer, who has been dressing up in his home-made Hagrid costume, said: “Tonight is the final night and there's a few extra characters that are coming to join us.

“You've got Hagrid, Bellatrix and there are a few other people who have offered to donate their time for free to dress up and come along.

“I don't know them, they're strangers, but they're getting dressed up as Harry Potter characters.”

On Saturday, Kieron and his family were surprised by a special wizard knocking at their door.

Kieron said: “Dumbledore randomly turned up. I have the funniest Ring doorbell footage of him turning up and asking for Hagrid.

“After chatting to him I discovered that it’s his full-time job, so we exchanged numbers.

“It was brilliant to see him.”

There have been people visiting the giant spider house in their own costumes since it was decorated last week including Professor Dumbledore, who was in fact Phill Montague.

The 76-year-old, who is now a full-time Dumbledore look-alike, also visited the Wigmore house set up by the Hedges family.

Kieron said: “There have been plenty of kids dressed up so far this week.

“I think I'm going run out of best dressed rosettes very, very quickly tonight.

“My kids are loving it. My boy, Charlie, didn’t want to go to school this morning because he helps with the smoke machine.”

On Friday, there was car crash on the road near Kieron’s elaborately decorated house.

It was initially feared the display distracted drivers which caused the collision.

But Kieron said this was not the case: “The car accident that happened outside our display was nothing to do with us.

“It was to do with a neighbour, their guests and parked cars.

“Despite this it is such a busy road so when you come and see the house please be careful.”

Kieron and his home-made decorations have currently raised £600 more than last year.

He said: “I'd like to thank everyone who has donated, especially with the price of energy and other things in general at the moment.

“It's nice that people are still giving generously.”

Despite the spooky season only just coming to an end, Kieron already has his ideas in motion for next year's theme.

He said: “I've already thought that about what im going to do next year.

“I've had a listen to what people thought and adapted it so I've already got next year's plan in my head.”