EXCLUSIVE 'Paul would NOT want this': Paul O'Grady's furious neighbours blast widower's plans for holiday let at tragic star's £3m home and claim it would 'cheapen' rural Kent village By Isaac Crowson Published: 03:45 EDT, 27 July 2024 | Updated: 03:46 EDT, 27 July 2024 e-mail View comments Paul O'Grady 's former neighbours have blasted his widower's plans for a holiday let at his £3m home and claim it is not what the beloved TV star 'would have wanted'. Plans to transform a security office at the rural estate in the village of Aldington, near Ashford, Kent, have been lodged with planning officials. They have been submitted by Paul's husband Andre Portasio, a former dancer who was set to inherit most of his £8.
6m fortune. It comes after Mr Portasio's bid to turn the same building into a home three times the size were rejected by Ashford Borough Council last month. Furious locals say he has not spent a 'great deal' of time at the mansion after the Liverpudlian's death in March last year, aged 67.
One told MailOnline: 'It's going to be bad for villagers because the extra traffic will be a nightmare. 'I think it cheapens the whole area. Why doesn't Andre just sell it?' Paul O'Grady (pictured, with widower Andre Portasio) was reported to have left £15.
5m in his will, including half-a-million pounds to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home Pictured: How the security offices on Mr O'Grady's estate currently look. He bought the land in Aldington in August 1999 for £650k Pictured: An aer.