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Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews has bought a £7m third home in St. John, it has emerged.
News of Mr Matthews’ and his wife, model Vogue Williams’, property purchase made national headlines this weekend after the pair revealed it in their podcast.
The property in question, Express can reveal, is Domaine de la Valette (formerly known as La Vallette Farm) along La Rue de Sorel in St. John, and 13 surrounding fields.
According to court documents seen by Express, the complex comprises two apartments, a cottage, swimming pool, garages and various outbuildings.
Additional fields and parcels of land neighbouring the home were also purchased, totalling an extra £500,000.
Pictured: A clipping from ‘Inside Jersey’ magazine from the 1990s described La Vallette Farm at Sorel as “one of Jersey’s most desirable properties” – at the time, it was going for £5.5m. (Mike Bisson/The Island Wiki)
The sale was finalised on Friday 3 December in Jersey's Royal Court in Spencer's name. On the same day, Spencer and Vogue jointly registered a £5m mortgage with Santander's Jersey branch before the court.
The pair have been married since June 2018. They wed at Spencer’s family’s Glen Affric Estate, and had a son, Theodore (now 3), that same year.
Last year, they had a daughter, Gigi (1).
British socialite Spencer first shot to fame in E4's 'Made in Chelsea' reality show, before going on to appear on TV shows like Celebrity Masterchef and The Jump. More recently, he has been involved in start-up businesses and is the founder and CEO of non-alcoholic spirits company Clean Co.
Recording the 'Spencer & Vogue' podcast from Jersey, he described the new property as “another string to the bow”, alongside homes in Howth and London.
Expressing the “excitement in my heart”, he went on to imagine “croquet on the lawn and Theodore jumping in and out.”
Vogue told him, “Jersey is more your thing”, to which Spencer responded that the home is “obviously for you as well darling, our family… I don’t see myself coming to Jersey on my own.”
“I hope you love it because it is incredibly beautiful and I think the kids will love it,” he added.
The news has garnered mixed reactions from islanders. Reform Jersey leader Senator Sam Mézec said the news was evidence Jersey has “a Government of the rich for the rich”.
Welcome any C-list celebrity to buy up homes here to leave empty most of the time, but let’s not even consider building more homes for ordinary islanders on land we own with a developer we own.
— Senator Sam Mézec (@SamMezecJsy) December 12, 2021
We have a government of the rich for the rich. pic.twitter.com/ddZx9lUbBK
“Welcome any C-list celebrity to buy up homes here to leave empty most of the time, but let’s not even consider building more homes for ordinary islanders on land we own with a developer we own,” he said, alluding to the Government’s recent decision to shoot down his plan to increase the number of affordable homes being built by the States of Jersey Development Company at the Waterfront and South Hill.
Spencer Matthews is no stranger to Jersey – his half-sister, Nina Mackie, is based in the island with her husband, Adam, one of the brains behind Yesss Electrical.
In 2018, Spencer even signed up to the Yesss Super League Triathlon team in 2018.
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Spencer and Vogue teased a potential Jersey purchase on their podcast last month, when Vogue described Spencer’s “dream home” as being on the island, while she said hers was in Howth, County Dublin, where she grew up.
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