Charlotte Church’s ‘party pad’ mansion sells for huge profit ‘after going months struggling to secure any viewings’
CHARLOTTE Church has finally sold her “party pad” mansion for a tidy profit after it went for months struggling to get any viewings.
The Spinney in South Wales was put on the market in the summer last year with an initial guide price of £2.25million but was later reduced to £2m.
Luxury estate agent Jemma Friday has now confirmed the property has been sold for £2.1m in an Instagram post.
Jemma wrote: “Thrilled to share the incredible news of Charlotte Church‘s home exchange!
“After struggling to secure any viewings with two previous agents, I took over, maintained the price, and highlighted the home’s best feature – the gardens.”
Jemma added that she had taken on the sale, in conjunction with Fine & Country, and had welcomed four potential buyers and had secured the sale, over the guide price.
The Crazy Chick songstress and mum paid £1.3million for the home, near Cardiff, following her split with rugby player Gavin Henson, in 2010.
She carried out a Grand Designs-style revamp of the property including ground floor rear extensions and tied the knot there with musician husband Johnny Powell in 2017.
The six-bedroom property in Dinas Powys is a secluded, semi-rural home which sits in three acres of grounds
Charlotte, 38, said at the time of the listing in September last year: “It was all about the setting for us when we first saw the house just over 13 years ago.
“It’s a very private property with wonderful grounds and I immediately felt safe.
“That feeling has remained with us for the entire time we have lived here and we’ve never felt isolated as we have great neighbours.”
The spacious home boasts a grand entrance hall, a living room with a log burner, an orangery, wood-walled piano room, first floor balcony and galleried landing.
The extensive grounds also include a detached guest cottage and play room, garden tree swing, pink pergola and campfire.
She added: “We genuinely have absolutely adored the house and its grounds; it’s looked after us and we’re so excited for a new family to move in and take over as guardians of this beautiful place.”
For Charlotte, she said what she liked most about the property was the garden and that it was surrounded by nature.
Charlotte said: “For me it’s all about the garden and the nature surrounding it, we’re bordered by forest on three sides, for me it’s all about nature.
“For me it feels a bit like a sanctuary, we have loads of wildlife, loads of birds, amazing sunrises here, it’s a beautiful place to be.”
We’ve had some seriously amazing parties here, it’s a perfect party house; kids parties and adult parties
Charlotte Church
The Welsh singer added: “We’ve had some amazing Easter egg hunts in the garden as well as Halloween parties, naming ceremonies, birthday celebrations for family and friends, and we even hosted our wedding here too.
Charlotte said: “We’ve had some seriously amazing parties here, it’s a perfect party house; kids parties and adult parties. We’ve also got a zip line, which is loads of fun.”
If all of that wasn’t enough to tempt you, another key feature is the orangery which was designed to seamlessly connect the dining room to the kitchen and is also immersed in the garden thanks to three sets of Frenchy door which open out to the rear garden.
Charlotte said: “The orangery is a fabulous room filled with natural light where we like to relax, read, and listen to music, whilst the kitchen is the heart of the home where we cook and catch up around the island.”
Off the orangery is the sizeable kitchen breakfast room which is bathed in light due to a wall of windows.
A huge lounge takes up one win of the property and comes with dual aspect French doors and a log burner in the centre of the room.
While the property currently has six bedrooms it is versatile enough for the new buyer to make changes, possibly converting one bedroom into something like a gym or home office, if needed.
The dressing room next to the main bedroom is currently being used as the sixth bedroom but could be used as a walk-in wardrobe.
