The family forked out a whopping £31.5 million, back in 2013, for their Victorian Holland Park home, with the desire to renovate it.
In-fact they have spent the past 18 months preparing plans to transform the unmodernised home into a fine family residence.
Unfortunately the couple have already stumbled across a road block with the renovation plans.
Their next-door neighbours penned a strongly worded letter to the council objecting to the Beckhams’ wanting to install air-conditioning in five rooms, which includes the luxury gym and large wine cellar on the lower ground floor.
The neighbour wrote that he “totally disagrees” with the plans, which “will affect the historic character of the Victorian house of the streets, my house included”.
“The council must identified (sic) our deep concerns about all adverse impacts on living conditions from noise, vibration, dirt, pollution and dust from construction and from associated traffic, in addition to concerns about impacts on drainage, on appearance and landscape, on structural stability, and on historic buildings.” The resident explained to the council.
David shared this sweet snap of him and his wife on Facebook.
The interior home overhaul has been headed by designer Rose Uniacke.
She’ll oversee “internal alterations at all levels” which include the enlargement of the lower ground floor wine cellar and the installation of a retractable cinema screen. They also want to re-configure two bathrooms while removing a third-floor guest bathroom to form an extended bedroom and sitting room.
The home, once complete will have six bedrooms, a gym, study, office, playroom, cinema and large drawing room.
The first floor will belong to David and Victoria, and boast a huge bedroom, an even bigger dressing room, a separate room for her shoes and an en-suite bathroom.
The kids, Brooklyn, 16; Romeo, 12; Cruz, ten; and daughter Harper, three, will reside on the second floor of the house.
Appropriately the new Beckham residence has been dubbed Beckingham Palace II – and we can’t wait to see the finished product!
