Inside Posh and Becks’ lavish first home together – from racy bedding to unusual sculpture

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Just three months before their July wedding, in April 1999, Victoria and David invited OK! for an exclusive peek inside the gorgeous first family home they had bought together in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

Footballer David had been living in Manchester for more than eight years at the time, but this was Victoria’s big move north, away from her close family and friends.The celebrity parents had welcomed baby Brooklyn on 4 March – just four weeks before our photoshoot – and were initially living apart following his birth.

Victoria and Brooklyn stayed south to be close to Brooklyn’s doting new grandparents, with Manchester-based David driving south after games to be reunited with his family. “People said that there wasn’t a Gucci, so Victoria wouldn’t move up here!” joked David.

Their new penthouse home in the historic property was the perfect move, with Victoria explaining she hadn’t felt prepared for the upkeep – or the loneliness – that a large house might have presented her with. “I wouldn’t feel comfortable up here being left in a big house when David goes away,” said the new mum. “We were thinking of buying something up here and we’d been to see lots of big houses and, at the time, I wasn’t ready to have a big house.This is our first place together and I wanted open plan, very big bedrooms, high ceilings…” David, who spotted its “for sale” sign when driving around the area scouting for properties, saw the potential in apartment living, and the grand scale of the Alderley Edge pad definitely appealed. “We do want to get a big house eventually, but this is perfect for us in Manchester.