mansion once dubbed the 'saddest ever' Grand Designs has finally gone on the market for a whopping £10million. The extraordinary Chesil Cliff House is designed in the style of a lighthouse and has sat empty and imposing on the cliffs of Croyde, Devon for years due to development hell.
Since appearing on Channel 4's Grand Designs with his ambitious project in October 2019, Edward Short, 52, has been through the wringer with Covid, contactors and financial stress placing the project at a bitter stalemate.READ MORE: 'Saddest ever' Grand Designs home owner feels 'cursed' as fresh problem delays projectThe burden the white elephant of a house placed on Edward's personal life was also heavy as the exhausting process led him to separate from his wife Hazel.Chesil Cliff House's journey to the marketplace has been plagued by difficulties, most of them completely unforeseeable.
It was initially promised that the mansion would be on the market for a cool £10m by the end of 2021.However, this timeline never materialised due to a range of problems ranging from Covid-19 complications to difficulties with the temperature-sensitive tiling on the mansion's pool.
Pictures taken from as early as April this year show the mansion looking very much like a building site, complete with scaffolding and red tape.
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