The ex- Manchester United defender is now looking to sell the plot of land.
Neville revealed blueprints in 2010 for the futuristic underground home, which was likened to the home of children’s TV favourites Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po.
Comparisons with the BBC programme were based on the building’s unusual semi-submerged design, intended to minimise its impact on the moorland landscape.
Neville and wife Emma Hadfield spent three years drafting designs for the property nestled in the heart of the Lancashire countryside.
Those plans - which initially included a controversial large wind turbine - were subject to a lengthy council planning battle which he eventually won.
But, estate agent Pearson Ferrier has been instructed to oversee the sale of the 8,000 sq ft pocket of land in Harwood, Greater Manchester which has a list price of £650,000.
The plot is being advertised with pictures of later designs approved in 2012, which are a substantially altered version of the first ‘Teletubbies’ plans.
Ex Manchester United player Neville is understood to have carried out enough work on the site that its planning permission is still intact.
Neville, a known environmentalist, wanted to build the carbon-neutral house next to his current 12-bedroom home, a former farmstead on the moors between Bolton and Bury, Lancs.
Although the site sits on the greenbelt, Bolton Council’s planning committee finally gave it the green light in March 2011.
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