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The owner of a mansion used to live in it. Adele He has said that the singer suggested that the property was Haunted has made it unsaleable.
It was back in 2012 when CNN anchor Anderson Cooper interviewed the British megastar at his 10-bedroom property in West Sussex, southern England, for his CBS show “60 Minutes.”
She had signed a six-month lease and was showing Cooper around the house, which she admitted she rented to give herself some privacy away from the world’s media glare. had taken
Taking Cooper on a tour of the mostly empty property, Adele, then just 23, said: “This house is a bit of a cliche really.” She revealed that it had been “a convent for a while” and said: “It’s all really scary.”
Although the “Rolling in the Deep” singer didn’t actually say the word “ghost,” reports followed in other media outlets — including Hello! magazine, which featured the star in a 2020 piece titled “Celebrity Haunted Homes: Jennifer Aniston, Adele, Miley Cyrus and More.”
Now Nicholas Sutton, who owns the property, has applied for planning permission to convert it into apartments, claiming the singer’s comments have put off potential buyers.
CNN has reached out to Adele’s representatives for comment.
Documents submitted as part of a planning application to Horsham District Council show that Sutton bought the lockhouse in Partridge Green, West Sussex, from a property businessman in 2003. He then extensively renovated the house, which had been built around 1909 and was formerly a convent, and also bought “much of the surrounding land to increase the privacy of the property”.
He moved out in late 2011 and put the house on the market for £5.75 million (about $8.9 million at the time). property, Which is listed on several real estate sites. Right moveIt includes a gym, swimming pool, tennis court and helicopter hangar.
When it didn’t sell, Sutton chose to rent the house to Adele for six months – and during that time Cooper visited.
One of the documents attached to the planning application, which can be viewed publicly on the council’s website, states: “Unfortunately, during an interview on CBS, Adele remarked that her The comment is believed to have haunted future marketing efforts and continues to affect the property’s reputation to this day.
The document outlines how the property has been let out to other short-term rentals, while several real estate agents have tried to sell it without success.
Sutton “actively attempted to sell the property for approximately 14 years,” the document states.
“Thorough marketing efforts were undertaken, including brochures, professional photography, advertising in Country Life, national PR campaigns, and exposure on all major property portals,” the document explained. “The only offer received over the years was in August 2020, but the prospective buyer backed out after learning of the property’s supposed haunted status, which Adele had publicly mentioned during her tenancy. What was it?”
Now Sutton is seeking permission to convert the sprawling mansion into three separate residential units. He also hopes to convert the garage on the site into a detached cottage.
Horsham Borough Council will decide the fate of the property at an unspecified future date. CNN has reached out to Sutton for comment.
