Telly star Paddy McGuinness and his ex-wife Christine are struggling to dump the £6.5million mansion they STILL reside in a year after placing it on the market.
Christine, 37, and Paddy have been married for over a decade earlier than their shock split in 2022 and messy, bitter divorce.
The former showbiz couple have beforehand informed how they proceed to live together to co-parent their three kids – who are all on the autism spectrum.
But the actual reason, in line with an insider, is host and Radio 2 presenter Paddy is refusing to drop the asking value despite having solely a handful of viewings in 12 months.
There is a similar property for sale in the identical upmarket Cheshire avenue for £1.5m lower than Paddy’s pad.
The couple paid £2.1million for the home in 2020, and it has a fitness center, his and hers dressing-rooms, an orangery and seven bedrooms.
It additionally boasts a pool and a children’ indoor soft-play area.
A supply has revealed there’s a glut of comparable multi-million pound footballer-style homes for sale in the realm that are additionally going unsold.
They added that despite the stagnant market, presenter Paddy was holding out for a loaded Premier League star to snap up the home and internet them a £4m revenue.
The Sun’s supply mentioned: “Paddy is refusing to drop the worth and reckons that somebody will come alongside and purchase the place.
“He’s hanging on for a footballer with money to burn to allow them to tot up a monster revenue.
“But it is less than ideal that a slightly smaller house is on the market for £5m in the same street, and across Cheshire, there are houses of a similar size that have remained unsold for a couple of years.”
They added: “He really needs to bite the bullet and drop the price tag.”
Actor Paddy has owned the house for over five years however it appears he’s not able to let go despite Christine being reportedly sad with the present living state of affairs and wanting to maneuver out.
Paddy has mentioned the household’s living association “doesn’t feel tricky”.
Meanwhile, Christine has mentioned they “live on different floors” and neither “watch what each other does.”
She informed Woman’s Own: “Obviously, Paddy and I are on separate floors and have separate rooms. So, my bedroom and dressing room is my little haven.”
Paddy and Christine married at Merseyside’s Thornton Manor Estate in June 2011 after assembly by a mutual good friend in 2007 when Christine was 19 and Paddy was 33.
Their divorce was finalised in 2022 however he and Christine, nonetheless reside in the Prestbury unfold with their 12-year-old twins Leo and Penelope and daughter Felicity, 9.
And simply days ago, mannequin Christine revealed particulars about her newest “situationship”.
She mentioned: “Before I began this situationship I’m in now, we have been speaking a lot and I used to be very conscious that a lot of the stuff I used to be sharing that we had in frequent that it might probably construct a trauma bond as a result of I’ve achieved it beforehand.
“That’s the last bond I’d like to build with someone because it’s almost toxic.”
Speaking about dating with autism, Christine beforehand confessed she worries for her children too, who’ve additionally been identified.
She defined: “I take into consideration it a lot. I take into consideration it for my kids too. I’ve the identical worries and ideas [will they date].
“Are they going to be okay as they get older? For now, they are little so I don’t need to worry too much, but for me myself as an adult and being quite new to dating, I still struggle with it. I think I find myself explaining, but it helps if I explain and if I let somebody know that I’m autistic and might not be comfortable in a new restaurant or a bar I haven’t been to before.”
She added: “I find that now is absolutely necessary for me to say rather than to just go and be in a place that I don’t really like or don’t feel comfortable. If it’s too lively, if it’s too busy, then the date doesn’t go well. It’s kind of no really giving the date a chance if I’m not honest about what I do and don’t like.”
Christine did flip to E4 present Celebs Go Dating to search out love final year however spectacularly stop midway by the method.
She mentioned on the time: “I’ve been thinking quite a lot while we’ve been in Ibiza and I think I need to date in more of a natural environment”.
