Beckhams to Sell Their Mansion in England for $28 Million

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Sep 9th 2010 at 6:01PM

David and Victoria Beckham plan to list their historic Hertfordshire, UK mansion – nicknamed "Beckingham Palace" – for sale at £18 million, or about $28 million. The seven-bedroom 1930's Grade II listed Georgian estate (above) sits on 24 landscaped acres and features indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a petting zoo, recording studio, billiards room, gym and tennis courts. The Beckhams are selling the property because they plan to make Los Angeles their permanent home, the London Daily Mail reports. They bought the estate in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire for £2.5 million in 1999 and spent more than £18 million renovating it over the years. The garden has three £10,000 gazebos, each with a different theme – lakeside, romantic and ornamental. They have also installed a 52 ft. garden pavilion with a marble floor, which houses a £70,000 barbecue. Three years ago David joined the LA Galaxy team and the couple, who are worth a cool £125 million, have decided they prefer to reside in America where they live in an opulent £11 million Beverly Hills mansion.

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Mikki Sep 9th 2010 9:43PM

Who needs 4 homes? They need a base location where kids attend school. The rest is luxury. If she needs to spend less than a week in London, she can stay in a hotel and charge it off on her income taxes as an expense.

Same with Michael Douglas/Catherine Zeta-Jones who have 5 or 6 homes scattered all over and the Pitt-Jolies - owning that many homes is ridiculous.

If they have that much money to own/maintain so many homes, I'd sure like to see their income tax records and see how much they pay in taxes and give to charitable organizations.

Dee Dee Rhodes Sep 9th 2010 10:34PM

I always think its funny when we bash celebrities for having to much stuff. Isnt that all part of being a celeb. Who cares that they have 4 or 6 homes....its their money and I say do what u want to do with it. Now, if they think they are going to get $28M, well then...I say....happy wishin.

Rojo Rage Sep 10th 2010 9:32AM

If it is 1930s then it can hardly be described as Georgian. And it appears that you don't know the difference between historic and historical. Very sloppy...