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Grand Designs' 'saddest ever' house worth £10million is still not sold 3 months on

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Grand Designs' "saddest ever" has still not been sold after three months on the market. Edward Short, 52, saw his marriage crumble amid the chaos of years of development hell at the imposing Chesil Cliff House on the cliffs of Croyde, Devon.And after the Daily Star revealed that fuming locals despised the sight of Short’s property with furious rows over how lighting would impact nearby areas of natural beauty, the property remains unsold.READ MORE: 'Saddest ever' Grand Designs home owner feels 'cursed' as fresh problem delays projectThe issue is so toxic one raging local even said if he won the EuroMillions he would buy the house just to knock it down "for the village's sake".

Since Channel 4's Grand Designs first aired, Edward's overly-ambitious plans with problem after problem caused his dreams to crumble with the unlucky bloke being plunged into millions of pounds-worth of debt and his happy marriage to wife Hazel ending.

A series of problematic setbacks including Covid restrictions and issues with temperature-sensitive swimming pool tiling that needed to stay above nine degrees made the project a lot longer and more pricey than had been planned.Edward admitted to the “stain of failure” impacting his family as he poured cash into the impressive waterfront home, made up of five bedrooms and bathrooms, four reception rooms, a sauna and a cellar.But despite agents declaring there would be “global interest” in the sale, it is yet to materialise and Edward has still not made back the eye-watering sums of money poured into the project.He admitted: “I had no idea it would end up costing so much.“I've accepted now that I'm never going to be able to live in it because I have money I need to pay back."It was my overconfidence.

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