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The owner of a manor lived before by Adele said that the singer’s suggestion that the property was haunted had made him indifferent.
It was in 2012 that the anchor of CNN, Anderson Cooper, interviewed the British megastar in the ownership of 10 rooms in West Sussex, in the south of England, for its CBS “60 minutes” program.
She had signed a six -month rental contract and showed Cooper in the house, which she admitted to having rented to give herself intimacy, far from the dazzling of the world’s media.
Taking Cooper during a visit to the most of the time empty, Adele, who was only 23 years old, said: “This house is a bit of a snapshot.” She revealed that it was a “convent for a little while” and said: “This piece is really scary.”
Although the singer “Rolling in the Deep” did not really say the word “haunted”, there were subsequent relationships in other media – including Hello! The magazine, which presented the star in a room in 2020, the “haunted houses of celebrities: Jennifer Aniston, Adele, Miley Cyrus and more”.
Now Nicholas Sutton, owner of the property, asked for a building permit to convert it into apartments, saying that the singer’s comments have dissuaded potential buyers.
CNN contacted Adele representatives to comment.
The documents submitted as part of the planning request to the District Council of Horsham show that Sutton bought Lock House in Parridge Green, West Sussex, from a real estate merchant in 2003. He then made considerable renovations to the house, which was built around 1909 and was previously a convent, and also bought “a large part of the surrounding land to improve the privacy of the property”.
He moved at the end of 2011 and put the house on the market for a requested price of 5.75 million pounds sterling (around 8.9 million dollars at the time). Property, Who is listed on many real estate sites, including Rightmove, presents a gym, a swimming pool, tennis courts and a helicopter hangar.
When he did not succeed, Sutton chose to rent the house in Adele for six months – and it was during this period that Cooper visited.
One of the documents attached to the planning request, which is publicly visible on the consulting website, said: “Unfortunately, during an interview on CBS, Adele pointed out that she thought that the house was haunted. This comment had a negative impact on future marketing efforts and continues to affect the reputation of the property to date. »»
The document explains how the property was rented for other short -term rentals, while several real estate agents also tried to sell it but without success.
The document stipulates that Sutton “actively attempted to sell the property for about 14 years”.
“Complete marketing efforts have been made, in particular brochures, professional photography, advertising in national life, national public relations campaigns and an exhibition on all the main real estate portals”, develops the document. “The only offer received over the years was in August 2020, but the potential buyer retired after learning the supposed haunted status of the property, which was mentioned publicly by Adele during his rental.”
Now Sutton requests authorization to convert the sprawling manor into three separate residential units. He also hopes to transform an existing garage on the site into a separate chalet.
The Horsham district council will decide the fate of the property on an unpertified future date. CNN tried to contact Sutton to comment.
