SINGER Adele has made a tidy £350,000 profit from selling her seafront villa – small change for the multi award-winning star.
She bought the house in Western Esplanade – dubbed Millionaire’s Row – for a reported £2.5 million in 2012 and moved in with her partner Simon Konecki.
The 28-year-old set to work transforming the beachside Edwardian home, which is described as being in Hove although it is officially registered as Portslade.
She made improvements to the property in 2014 to add to its draw of a private beach with balconies, terraces and panoramic views of the coastline, large open-plan reception rooms and four bedrooms with a two-storey atrium, a walk-in wardrobe, dressing room and a plush kitchen area.
In June it was announced she had bought event producer Don Mischer’s Beverly Hills home for $9.5 million. Her Hove property was sold on July 1 for £2.85 million and is now owned by Rachael and John Wood, according to property records.
The exclusive line of white art deco villas has a string of celebrity neighbours – including DJ Norman Cook and presenter Zoe Ball, comedian David Walliams and ex-EastEnders and Heartbeat star Nick Berry.
Previous residents include the likes of Paul McCartney and his then wife Heather Mills and in years gone by the road was graced by partying guests such as Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner.
It was reported that Adele “fell in love” with the property and bought and moved into it immediately.
Before the move to Hove, the Grammy winner – full name Laurie Blue Adkins – rented a 10-bedroom country mansion near Partridge Green which had seven reception rooms, nine bathrooms and 24 acres of land.
However she moved out shortly after reports that the mansion was haunted.
It went up for sale for £6 million.
Michael Pagett Baxter was behind the design of Hove Esplanade and built the houses between 1909 and 1910.
His family lived in the row for 70 years before they were put on the market, billed as an ideal winter retreat by the sea.
They were particularly popular with wealthy families because of their private beaches and spectacular views of the English Channel.
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