Just under two years ago, Maura Higgins bought a luxury mansion in Essex, complete with a sleek kitchen and a sprawling garden.
The former Love Island star revealed in October 2024 that she was swapping her one-bedroom property for the huge home.
Now, she’s gutting the entire £1,250,000 mansion to make room for major renovations, including a sauna and a brand new bathroom.
Maura, 35, is planning to relocate to the US to appear on Dancing With The Stars later this year, so it’s the perfect time to give Casa A’Maura a refresh.
She shared a snap of the mansion stripped to its bare bones with rubble on the floor, having knocked down a wall.
‘Finally breaking the silence over here!!! It’s chaos right now,’ she wrote on Instagram. ‘But give me a minute before and afters are going to be worth it.’
Maura revealed the ‘main bathroom’, adding she is ‘very excited for my sauna.’
Originally, the house featured a modern grey kitchen with a large island and views through large French doors into a manicured walled garden.
The home didn’t have any furniture at the time, with celebrity hairdresser friend Carl Bembridge sitting on a kitchen surface. Maura joked: ‘No chairs yet but he always finds something to sit on.’
She showed off new home gifts from her friends, as she looked outside, including a white, pink and yellow flower bouquet and a large Diptique 34 candle worth £179.
Despite the renovations, Maura is thought to be planning a big move to the US, having appeared on their version of the Traitors.
A source previously told The Sun: ‘Maura may have missed out on the cash prize on The Traitors but that’s small change compared to what’s coming her way.
‘Shows and brands in the US are lining up for a piece of Maura and she’s got more opportunities than time right now. It’s an exciting place to be.’
They reported she could secure a multi-million-pound payout as beauty brands look to snap up the star.
Maura hosted Love Island USA: Aftersun, as well as guest appearing in the main American show, to first break through.
Her celebrity status is rising, with Maura having been invited to the Golden Globes in LA, partying with major stars like Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence.
She’s also reportedly in talks to make her acting debut in The Spin, a Disney project, as well as a potential fly-on-the-wall docuseries.
Of Dancing With The Stars, she told E! News: ‘I have a vision board and I redo it every year. This year is the first year that I stayed at home by myself on New Year’s Eve. I did not go out at all.
‘Dancing With the Stars was already on it from the year before. However, I added five more Dancing With the Stars on the board.’
Maura revealed: ‘I shed a tear, which I don’t normally do. I never really get overly excited about stuff unless it’s something I really have been wanting for quite some time, and Dancing With the Stars is that. I manifested it.’
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