Paddy McGuinness is selling the palatial home he shares with ex-wife Christine for £6.5million – a price she is reportedly furious about.
The TV presenter, 51, has put the seven-bedroom marital home on the market and Christine, 36, reportedly believes he has inflated the price so it doesn’t sell.
A source has told MailOnline that Paddy and Christine are struggling to get along, and Christine is desperate to move out of their shared home.
The pair announced their split in 2022 and reportedly settled their divorce in October while remaining friends and living together to co-parent their children Leo and Penelope, 10, and Felicity, seven – but it seems the setup is no longer sustainable.
Paddy became the owner of the Cheshire property following the divorce and has now put the mansion on the market.
The home has gone up in value since the couple initially bought it, meaning Paddy is hoping to make an eyewatering £4.4m profit on the sell.
A source told MailOnline: ‘It is so overpriced, Paddy doesn’t want to sell which seems like another tactic by him.
‘It’s insane that Paddy would put the house on the market for that much, they only bought it five years ago and house prices have hardly gone up at all since then,’ said an insider familiar with McGuinnesses.
‘The house is on for two thirds more than what they paid for it, it will never sell. It all feels a bit like Paddy wanting to control the situation and keep Christine living in the house with him for longer.
‘Christine made it clear that she can’t live with him anymore but now it looks like she will have to for a long time yet.’
Previously, another source told MailOnline: ‘Paddy and Christine were content with living together in the house for the sake of their children.
‘They were getting on fine and didn’t feel the need to disrupt their kids’ lives.
‘But in recent months Christine has grown increasingly unhappy which has led to a change to heart.
‘They felt it was best for a new start, for all concerned, which triggered Paddy’s decision to sell up.’
The seven-bedroom, six en-suite bathroom home features a huge array of commodities including its own gym, an orangery, and a kitchen diner.
The couple first met in 2007 before getting married in 2011.
Paddy said a couple of months ago that ‘there’s no toxicity in the house, nor arguments, as he revealed that they have still maintained ‘a really, really lovely family unit at home’.
He also said: ‘We have separate bedrooms because we respect that we aren’t together anymore but, whether we work it through or we don’t, what we do have is a really, really lovely family unit at home.’
Paddy, who started dating Christine in 2009 before getting married in 2011, confessed to ‘forgetting’ the pair are separated sometimes.
He also acknowledged that their arrangement ‘must be strange for people looking at it from the outside in.’
‘We still hug, and we’re still messaging and phoning each other every day, we’re just not jumping into bed together anymore,’ he said.
But it seems the time has finally come for the family to split up, especially as it seems Christine may be ready to look for love again soon.
‘I’m very happily single,’ she told The Mirror. ‘That’s the right thing for me. I know that I deserve love and I know that one day I will find love again.’
She went on to discuss her divorce from the Phoenix Nights star after 11 years of marriage, saying she has a ‘new lease of life.’
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Paddy recently opened up on his role as chef in his marriage, making it clear he’ll have no problem feeding himself as a bachelor.
He said on the podcast Table Manners: ‘I’ve always done the cooking. I was married for about 16 years, and I was the one who did all that, and I enjoy it. I can do roast dinners and stuff, and I can do spag bowls and all the basic stuff, and I can put the chicken nuggets in the oven for the kids.’
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