A LIGHTHOUSE that appeared on the "saddest ever episode" of Grand Designs has hit the market for £10million. The owner behind a lighthouse-inspired luxury home in North Devon has said he is finally "finding joy" in the building after the project put him millions of pounds in debt.
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Edward Short said the project had "dominated his life" but was proud that Chesil Cliff House, Croyde, was finally complete.
Work on Chesil Cliff House has set Edward back £5million, double the £2.5million budget he set during original planning application in 2011, and also cost him his marriage to ex-wife Hazel.
The house appeared on Channel 4's Grand Designs in October 2019 and was dubbed the saddest ever by some viewers. The episode followed Edward and his family as misfortune beset the project leaving the house unfinished and with the family plunged into millions of pounds worth of debt.
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