GRAND Designs' ‘saddest ever’ house has been pulled from the market as a mystery buyer enters sale talks for the £10m home.
Chesil Cliff House in Devon has become one of the most memorable properties from the Channel 4 show, but not for the right reasons.
The clifftop mansion was designed by Edward Short and first featured on Grand Designs in 2016.
By the time cameras returned to the site in 2018, work had stopped on the house — then a grey shell which neighbours complained was a blot on the landscape.
Viewers were shocked as Edward and then wife Hazel's original £1.8million loan spiralled to £2.5million, then £4million as the build became beset with problems.
The pressure and stress of the build had also taken its toll on the couple's marriage.
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However, the property was eventually completed and has been on the market since July last year for a whopping £10 million.
Now, the Daily Star reports it has been taken off the market as a mystery buyer has "entered talks".
The property has been removed from the Knight Frank website, with a spokesperson telling the outlet: "We are currently discussing terms of a sale with one interested party and, as such, have agreed to remove the property from the open market until further notice.”
A Knight Frank source added: "When we have a potential buyer it is often the case that a property is removed from the website providing the client is happy to do so while further negotiations take place.
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"This does not mean that a property is ‘under offer’. However, once an offer has been accepted the property will then be put back on the website and listed as ’sold’.”
Speaking to The Sun Online in July last year, Edward said: "It’s going to hurt but I want out. It’s got to go because it’s beyond me now.
“I’m quite excited about that final moment when the deal closes. I’ve worked so long to get to that point and now, hopefully, that’s around the corner.
“It will be nice to get some sort of payback, even if it’s only a pint and packet of crisps at the very end.”
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