SHEERAN BUYS UP PROPERTIES FOR HOMETOWN ESTATE

Ed Sheeran has bought up the properties neighbouring his mansion in Suffolk, England, to create a country estate in his hometown. The Castle on the Hill singer, 26, pictured, bought his first home in a sleepy village near Framlingham in Suffolk, the town where he grew up, for $1.54 million in 2012. Land registry records obtained by Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper show that at the same time Ed snapped up a 16th century farmhouse for $780,000. He has since bought two more adjacent properties, one for $1.6 million in 2016, and a neighbouring bungalow for $910,000 in October last year. According to the Mail, the musician’s property spree has led to locals dubbing the mini-estate ‘Sheeranville,’ but there is little resentment toward the star. Planning documents show Ed is undertaking extensive renovations on his properties.