Harry Styles is rumoured to have purchased the 'saddest ever' house to feature on Channel 4's Grand Designs for £8m. Residents of Croyde Bay, a popular seaside village in North Devon, claim the pop star snapped up the notorious mansion after a visit to the area.
Earlier this year, the As It Was singer was spotted 'going for a dip' in Cornwall by stunned staff and students at Penwith College in Penzance. Following his trip to the South West coast, the musician was reportedly interested in finding a home in the region after falling in love with the 'rugged' landscape and stunning scenery.
Boasting panoramic sea views and stylish architecture, it's no wonder that Chesil Cliff House is rumoured to have been top of Style's list - despite its checkered past. Speaking to the Daily Star, one local said: "It's the talk of the village.
"Harry Styles has apparently bought the house for £8 million. I don't know whether it's just Chinese Whispers but that's what everyone is saying."
Another local told us: "I'd heard that Harry Styles had bought the house. I don't know whether it's true but if it is then Harry's welcome here."
Edward Short, who is selling his home for £10 million, has told of the impact the doomed build has had on his family as he called it a "stain of failure". Since appearing on Channel 4's Grand Designs with his ambitious project in October 2019, the 52-year-old has been through the wringer with Covid, contactors and financial stress placing the project at a bitter stalemate.
The extraordinary house is designed in the style of a lighthouse and has been sitting empty and imposing on the cliffs of Croyde, for years due to development hell. The burden the white elephant of a house placed on Edward's personal life was also heavy as the exhausting process led him to separate from his wife Hazel.
Edward is hoping that the sale of the sprawling cliffside mansion will help clear his whopping £7 millions worth of debt accrued from building the cursed mansion. But One Direction fans had better not rush down to North Devon to catch a glimpse of their idol just yet.
Estate Agents Knight Frank have said that rumours of Harry purchasing the home are just that. A spokesman told the Daily Star: "There is no truth in the rumours that Harry Styles has purchased Chesil Cliff House. The house is still on the market."
And another local property agent told the Daily Star: "Everybody has heard the Harry Styles rumour. I don't think there's any truth in it whatsoever.
"It's just a local North Devon rumour - wishful thinking. I think what has happened is he was spotted in the area and someone put two and two together and came up with five.
"I think it's a great rumour. I think most people down here don't believe it.
"Even if it was true, they just can't imagine...they can't get their head around the fact that this [the house] is here, let alone Harry buying it.
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