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Grand Designs ’ ‘saddest home ever’ could finally get a happy ending thanks to the late Michael Jackson ’s former bodyguard’s intention to buy it. The Chesil Cliff House was featured in a 2019 episode of the Channel 4 series, and the circumstances surrounding its renovation led to the harsh title . Edward Short wanted to transform the 1950s home located in North End, near Croyde on the North Devon coast into a lighthouse-style mansion.

The plan was to complete the renovation in 18 months and spend £1.8million. Instead, when host Kevin McCloud met Edward he’d already been working on it for over a decade.



He ended up £7 million in debt, and his 20-year marriage to his wife Hazel came to an end. ‘The whole project has been a horrendous strain for Hazel, I have sunk our family purse into this and I really feel for her. I never meant to put her through any of this,’ Edward previously told Devon Live.

He finally completed the property in 2022, but he’s not yet successfully sold the listing. However, now Jackson’s previous employee and martial arts millionaire Matt Fiddes would like to take it off the market. The 45-year-old claims he previously put in an offer of £7.

5 million, and wanted to turn the property into luxury apartments. However, he recalls being asked for £10 million, which Matt described as ‘mad’. He’s making a second attempt to ‘get this deal done’.

In an Instagram post, Matt posed in front of the luxurious property, and wrote a lengt.

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