Vogue Williams has offered a glimpse inside the ‘dream home’ she and husband Spencer Matthews are set to renovate.
Recently, the I’m A Celebrity star, 40, confirmed that she and Spencer, 37, whom she wed in 2018, had sold the £5.25million London apartment they’ve been living in while searching for their ‘forever’ property.
The happy couple, who have children Theodore, seven, Gigi, five, and Otto, three, have resided in the luxurious two-storey Battersea home for seven years.
Now, they are marking the ‘end of an era’ by moving out of the first place they set up home as a couple and started their family – but they won’t be fully settled for some time yet.
Speaking in a new YouTube vlog, Vogue explained to her viewers that it would take 18 months for the jobs to be done in their new house, so they’ll be living in a rental ‘around the corner’ until then.
Regardless, she ‘couldn’t hide [her] excitement’, not even from the estate agent, upon first viewing the new house, which was purchased in spring when rumours began swirling that Spencer and Vogue were heading for divorce.
‘We’re all really excited,’ she said of their move. ‘We bought the house in June, it went through, but we were buying it from, like, May.
‘Weirdly, we were buying our dream, forever home when the papers were saying that me and Spen were breaking up when, in actual fact, we’d just bought our forever home, so don’t believe everything you read!’
‘We’ve been working on it since then. We’ve got all the plans,’ she added, then cutting to footage from their massive, newly purchased abode.
Welcoming viewers inside, Vogue peered out from the dark brown door with gorgeous stained glass panelling.
She then showed fans around the spacious living area, complete with decorative trims around the ceiling and intricate plastering in the centre.
‘I could just live here now. If we didn’t have to do it up, I’d live here,’ said Vogue as she admired the built-in bookshelves, fireplace, and floor-length windows.
Vogue also previewed the garden, explaining that there was much to be done in clearing the overgrown shrubbery to make space for their kids to play.
‘The worst thing is, the woman who owned it was this amazing, phenomenal gardener, and I’d love to keep it.
‘We’re keeping all the trees. Everything that can be kept is staying, but we need a bit of grass, and we spent a day here in the summer with a paddling pool, but there was just no space for the kids.’
Vowing to make the property look ‘completely different’ over the two years, she walked through the kitchen, which currently boasts funky tiles and blue cabinets.
Upstairs, there’s plenty of storage space in the form of built-in wardrobes and high cupboards, while the bathroom starts off with marble walls featuring a black trim and white tiles in the shower.
She and Spencer have not only claimed their bedroom already, but an entire floor, in fact, as Vogue said they will have a level ‘to themselves’.
In their room, which has a fireplace, plus a bay window, they plan to add a free-standing bath.
As for the other floors, downstairs is a photography lab, but Vogue joked that it looked like somewhere ‘you’d go to get embalmed’.
On what’s to come in the near future, the Irish TV personality teased: ‘In two years’ time, Spenny and I are gonna have our 10-year wedding [anniversary].
‘We’re gonna have maybe another wedding, it’s gonna be in this house, and you’re gonna love it then, but right now, it needs a lot of work!’
‘It’s the coolest house I’ve ever seen,’ she added of the property, explaining how the big move is going to affect their children.
‘It’s not too far from our old house, so I think they’re (the kids) are gonna be really happy there.
‘I do think we’re gonna move their school, but to the same school, just in a different area, because I think getting to walk them to school is really nice to do in the morning, and they’re so young that they’ll be fine with moving.’
Although it’s not the children she is having to keep a watchful eye on.
‘I’m having to put the reins on Spencer because he doesn’t understand that, actually, I do have a degree in quantity surveying, and I do know how much things cost,’ she warned.
‘The things he wants are just not in our budget, so they are being swiftly removed! It will still be the dream house, but it will just be within our budget.’
As well as the new mansion in the capital, Vogue and Spencer have a family home in Howth, Dublin, which they purchased in late 2023, but their work mostly keeps them in London.
Meanwhile, their followers have been keen to congratulate them on their latest purchase, with @munksandme commenting on Vogue’s Instagram: ‘Ah how exciting 🙌🏼 congrats! Can’t wait to see more ❤️’
‘So happy for you guys! 🙌❤️’, added @candiceblackburn_.
‘Great new house it will be exciting making it your forever home ❤️’, wrote @lindapreater.
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