Rooney’s big move
Star to swap his £5m home for a £20m mansion with wine cellar and orangery
‘It’ll have every mod con going’
MOST people would be more than happy with a £5million mansion with a swimming pool, gym, games room and Jacuzzi. But not Wayne and Coleen Rooney. They are selling their current luxury home – and building a new one entirely from scratch.
At a cost of £20million, or a quarter of his estimated worth, the former England football captain has bought a 40-acre plot, where work is already under way on the enormous six-bedroom pile.
Once finished, the threestorey mansion deep in the Cheshire countryside will boast an incredible array of facilities, including an orangery, bar, TV room, snooker room, cinema and wine cellar.
The ground floor also has a huge indoor swimming pool surrounded by a glass pavilion and a Jacuzzi, plunge pool and steam room. Guests will be able to opt for ‘his’ or ‘hers’ changing rooms, and after a dip they can pop outside to the extensive patio and landscaped gardens.
There is also a large garage for the Manchester United star’s fleet of sports cars, as well as a stable block. In order to avoid the social faux pas of using the couple’s own downstairs loo, there is a ‘guest toilet’ too and even separate lifts – one for the family, the other for visitors.
Upstairs has six bedrooms, all with en-suites, with the master bedroom also boasting a dress- ing room. The property has two floors as well as a subterranean basement, which is home to the steam room, plunge pool, Jacuzzi, gym, cinema room with ten seats, wine cellar and snooker room with bar.
The plush garage has room for six cars and the stables have room for 14 horses plus a hay store and a tack room.
News of the Rooneys’ purchase comes less than a year after an intruder attempted to burgle the family’s current house in Cheshire – something which Mrs Rooney, 31, admitted had left her ‘in fear’.
A source said last night: ‘Wayne and Coleen have been living at their current place for years, and feel it is time for a change. Understandably, the burglary scare also really shook them – poor Coleen has been nervous to even let the kids play outside as a result.
‘The new mansion will have every mod con going, in addi- tion to being one of the most secure and architecturally advanced homes in the North-West. They can’t wait to move in, and become a part of the community.’
The plans were originally submitted in 2014 and given full approval by the local council before the property was bought by the Rooneys this year.
A series of environmental surveys were carried out, including a check for protected bats and great-crested newts.
The Rooneys – who have three children, Kai, seven, four-yearold Klay, and 16-month-old Kit – also have a £5million beachside property in Barbados.
This is not their first redevelopment project. Their present home is on a 20-acre plot they bought before knocking down the existing property and replacing it with a building of their own design, which has two-wings and has been dubbed ‘Wayne’s World’.
The 31-year-old striker, one of the Premier League’s highest paid players on a reported £300,000 a week, is said to have amassed an £82million fortune from his wages, property portfolio and sponsorship deals.
A spokesman for the Rooneys declined to comment last night.