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20 de out. de 2022 · Channel 4's Grand Designs star Edward Short has found love again after his doomed Lighthouse ended his marriage. The record industry executive, 52, had big plans for the project in Devon, but...
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10 de out. de 2023 · Edward Short, the owner of the luxury lighthouse-inspired home (Picture: SWNS) When the first episode went to air, it was revealed that that the arrival of the recession, building issues and...
4 de mai. de 2024 · Edward Short built a lighthouse-inspired property on the North Devon coast, but faced delays, debt and divorce. The property is still on the market for £5.25 million after several price changes and a failed sale.
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He drew up plans for a two-storey Grand Designs-style lighthouse with a four-storey tower. Planning approval was granted in 2010. Due to the precarious site, the house is anchored to the slate bedrock by 25 deep steel-and-concrete piles. A geological survey revealed a patch of soft sandstone near the cliff edge, and Alan knew that this would erode ...
Not to be deterred, he borrowed £500,000 from a hedge fund in May 2014 and built a three-bedroom, detached home called The Eye at the edge of the plot, hoping to borrow against it to fund the Grand Designs lighthouse. It enabled him to secure a loan of £2.5 million from private investors – more than planned because building costs and professional f...
Though he immediately started reorganising his finances, the pressure affected the family and Edward and Hazel separated. ‘It was absolutely horrendous – the hardest and most miserable time of my life,’ he recalls. A broker connected Edward with a specialist loan provider based in Poole, Dorset. ‘They fully understood my situation as they had exper...
Along with The Eye, which cost £1 million to build, the Grand Designs lighthouse was put up for sale in summer 2022 for £10 million. In February 2023 it was taken off the market while negotiations took place with a potential buyer, and Edward hopes he can soon repay his investors. ‘I might not get back what I put in, but I can move on,’ he says. Ed...
Perhaps most important of all, Edward and Hazel remain good friends and are both in new relationships. ‘My family’s wellbeing is incredibly important to me,’ he says. ‘I know that Hazel, Nicole and Lauren are very proud of the house.’ Will Edward be disappointed not to live in the clifftop mansion? ‘I got my head around that a long time ago,’ he sa...
20 de fev. de 2022 · Edward Short and his wife Hazel wanted to build a white clifftop lighthouse, but faced many challenges and a recession. The project cost over £6 million, caused their divorce and is still unfinished after ten years.
Edward Short is a prolific writer on various topics, especially the life and works of Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman. He has published several books, essays and reviews on Newman and his contemporaries, as well as on culture, history and literature.
1 de ago. de 2022 · Advertisement. Revealed: Owner of £7million Grand Designs 'lighthouse' home that cost him his marriage is ENGAGED to a nurse who he met online - and the pair plan to wed next year. Edward...
