Lighthouse-inspired Devon house which featured on the ‘saddest ever’ episode of Grand Designs and value the proprietor his marriage goes on sale for £10m

  • Chesil Cliff Home, in Croyde, Devon, has been put available on the market by Knight Frank for information worth of £10m
  • Proprietor Edward Brief, 52, spent a decade doing renovations on the home which featured in Grand Designs
  • The 2019 episode was labelled the ‘saddest ever’ after the venture was suffering from dangerous luck
  • Household left in debt and value Mr Brief his marriage, separating from spouse Hazel as a result of toll of the venture 
  • Mr Brief has accepted that he now has to maneuver ahead and promote the home after a ‘marathon slog’ and renovations might be full in Spring this 12 months

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A lighthouse-inspired Devon house which featured on the ‘saddest ever’ episode of Grand Designs and value the proprietor his marriage has gone on sale for £10m.

Proprietor Edward Brief, 52, is now able to promote the Chesil Cliff Home after spending a decade doing renovations and the property is because of be accomplished in early Spring this 12 months.

Chesil Cliff Home featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs and was described because the ‘saddest episode ever’ by many viewers who watched the programme after it aired in October 2019. 

The episode confirmed Mr Brief and his household suffering from dangerous luck, leaving the home in Croyde, Devon, unfinished, and with them in thousands and thousands of kilos price of debt.

Sadly, the method additionally took a toll on Mr Brief’s private life, inflicting his separation from spouse Hazel.   

However Mr Brief remained decided to complete the venture, regardless of the entire issues he confronted. 

Now property consultancy Knight Frank has introduced the primary home and its annexe, The Eye, are up on the market on the open market- with a information worth of £10m.

Owner Edward Short, 52, is now in a position to sell the Chesil Cliff House after spending a decade doing renovations and the property is due to be completed in Spring this year. Pictured: Mr Short in front of the home in 2021

Proprietor Edward Brief, 52, is now able to promote the Chesil Cliff Home after spending a decade doing renovations and the property is because of be accomplished in Spring this 12 months. Pictured: Mr Brief in entrance of the house in 2021

Mr Brief had earlier stated the time was proper to maneuver on. 

He stated: ‘I am going to all the time be proud to have completed this. I owe it to my household to have an actual finish end result, however the time has come to maneuver on.

‘I’ll have achieved what I got down to do, by no means deviating from the plans, and for that I am going to all the time be proud.’

Now property consultancy Knight Frank has announced the main house and its annexe, The Eye, are up for sale on the open market- with a guide price of £10m. Pictured: A recent picture of Chesil Cliff House

Now property consultancy Knight Frank has introduced the primary home and its annexe, The Eye, are up on the market on the open market- with a information worth of £10m. Pictured: A latest image of Chesil Cliff Home 

The home has been anchored into the mattress rock of the cliff, painstakingly engineered to a stage that leaves no risk for erosional hazard.

Edward, a dad-of-two, stated he had no possibility however to promote it to cowl the big amount of cash he needed to borrow and stated the entire prices have been set to achieve £6m.

He added: ‘These previous ten years have been a marathon slog – and I’ve acquired used to being a millionaire in debt.

‘I’ve accepted the one manner ahead is to complete and promote it.’

Pictured: Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud with Mr Short and ex-wife Hazel on their episode of the show which aired in October 2019 and was labelled the 'saddest episode ever'

Pictured: Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud with Mr Brief and ex-wife Hazel on their episode of the present which aired in October 2019 and was labelled the ‘saddest episode ever’

Knight Frank described the home as ‘one of the crucial spectacular waterfront houses on the North Devon coast.’  

The house has 5 bedrooms and bogs, 4 reception rooms, a sauna and a cellar. It additionally consists of the three-bedroom studio annexe referred to as The Eye and a double storage.  

 A Knight Frank spokesperson added: ‘Chesil Cliff Home is positioned on a three-acre web site between surfers’ paradise Saunton Sands backed by the spectacular UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Braunton Burrows, and the idyllic cove of Croyde, past which sits Nationwide Belief-owned Saggy Level.

Pictured: The Chesil Cliff House in 2021, described by Knight Frank as 'one of the most impressive waterfront homes on the North Devon coast'

Pictured: The Chesil Cliff Home in 2021, described by Knight Frank as ‘one of the crucial spectacular waterfront houses on the North Devon coast’

Pictured: A photo of the unfinished house in the years before its completion

Pictured: A photograph of the unfinished home within the years earlier than its completion

‘Not solely does the property boast excessive design and construct high quality, it additionally has a south-facing place and an ease of entry to the water with a personal seashore and foreshore.’

Christopher Bailey, Head of Nationwide Waterfront, Knight Frank, added: ‘Chesil Cliff Home would be the most vital coastal property to return to the open market within the West Nation for a few years.

‘It’s iconic within the true that means of the phrase and there’s nothing else to match it to available on the market proper now.

‘It definitely sits on the very prime of the nationwide coastal waterfront market and I’ve little question it should appeal to eager curiosity globally.’ 

Pictured: An artist's impression of how the property will look when it is completed in Spring this year

Pictured: An artist’s impression of how the property will look when it’s accomplished in Spring this 12 months

Pictured: A model of how the outside of the property will appear once renovations are complete on the building

Pictured: A mannequin of how the skin of the property will seem as soon as renovations are full on the constructing 

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