Michael Jackson's former bodyguard looks set to buy a £7.5m lighthouse-inspired 'saddest ever' Grand Designs home - near where he was evicted for not affording the £35 a week rent. Entrepreneur Matt Fiddes, 43, who watched over the private life for the pop megastar for more than a decade, now runs a martial arts company worth £120 million.
And he has now confirmed he has placed a lofty bid for the infamous cliff-top Grand Designs home in Croyde, Devon, which he labelled as an 'achievement stamp' for him. The multi-millionaire said he left school at 16 with just £100 and no qualifications to live in Croyde and work as a lifeguard for £2.75 an hour.
But he said he was evicted from his bedsit at 17 as he couldn't afford the £35 a week rent. Since then, he has built a global fitness empire with more than 1,000 schools across the world.
