Inside Paul O'Grady's £3.5m mansion as late star's widow slashes price by 30% in bid to sell after neighbour row

The Sun

17-07-2025

PAUL O'Grady's £3.5m mansion is up for sale with the price of it now slashed by 30% in a bid to sell it quick.
The much-loved TV presenter, who died in 2023 aged 67, lived in a now-for-sale seven-bedroom farmhouse in Kent with husband Andre Portasio - which has had its for sale price slashed several times.
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Paul and Andre tied the knot in 2017 after first getting together in 2006, with them residing together in the stunning home.
His widow has now slashed the price on the property, which is up for sale, following a row with neighbours after Paul's passing.
Last June, The Sun revealed Brazilian ballet dancer Andre had lost his battle with his neighbours.
Paul's widow wanted to turn a security hut on the grounds of their home into a separate two-bedroom house THREE times bigger.
He was later granted permission to turn it into a holiday let instead of a bigger house.
In October 2024, a year after Paul's death, Andre decided to put the posh pad up for sale for £3.5m.
It was on the market for £3.5m, then £2.65m as we reported - and now has been dropped even more.
The Sun can now reveal that the lavish pad is now up for sale for £2.4m.
The house boasts of four reception rooms, a large kitchen and breakfast room and a master bedroom with dressing room and en suite.
It also has four further bedrooms with an en suite and a family bathroom.
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Also on the grounds is a cottage that has been turned into a dance studio and gym.
The cottage also has a kitchen and a steam room inside.
There is a second timber cottage, too, which is described as a "charming and whimsical building".
Outdoors is just as amazing as indoors, and boasts of having a huge swimming pool, a barn, stables, an orchard and paddocks.
Four years ago, before his death, Lily Savage star Paul was given the go-ahead for a ground keeper's outbuilding, gym and dance studio at his rural estate.
But following his death in March 2023, his widower inherited the estate and launched a bid to turn the security hut into a separate two-bedroom house.
He applied to the local council for a "change of use" of the security lodge which has an office, kitchen and shower, and lies next to the family pet cemetery.
But neighbours blasted his plans and accused him of trying to build a new home "by the back door".
In a letter of objection, a neighbour said: "The present application is in direct contravention of the original planning conditions and in my view amounts to an attempt to gain planning permission for a significant residential development by the back door, and one which will no doubt be sold on separately to the main building.
"Given that the estate is very large, there surely must still be a need for a groundskeeper and gardeners and, indeed, for the workshop that was constructed for them."
Andre later applied to transform the lodge into a holiday let.
He received the go-ahead by Ashford Council.
Planning officer Sally Hodgson said: "Central government guidance supports sustainable business, enterprise and tourism in rural areas, both through the conversion of existing buildings and well-designed new buildings.
"This is endorsed by the Local Plan which seeks to encourage the sustainable growth of tourism."
Late great TV star Paul bought the seven-bedroom farmhouse for £650,000 in 1999.