Ed Sheeran has reportedly added yet more homes to his vast property empire, by splashing out on two homes on the Suffolk coast.
The singer, 34, has already developed a huge estate that’s been dubbed ‘Sheeranville,’ that also includes a pub, tree house, swimming pool, underground music room and a cinema with 35ft by 20ft screen.
Now, it’s thought that with Ed set to spend a large amount of time in the US soon, he’s purchased two properties in a posh seaside village, with plans to turn them into a huge coastal pad.
The star, who is worth around £200million has slowly been accumulating land around his home in Suffolk, but it has not been without it’s controversy with Ed clashing with his neighbours in the past.
It’s thought the star has around 27 properties in his possession, including flats in Covent Garden and a fisherman’s cottage in Dungeness in Kent.
A source said: ‘Ed has a team working on the properties and is planning on turning the two houses into one big house, with at least five bedrooms.’
Ed Sheeran has reportedly added yet more homes to his vast property empire, by splashing out on two homes on the Suffolk coast
It’s thought that the singer has purchased two properties in a posh seaside village, with plans to turn them into a huge coastal pad (stock image)
The insider went on to tell The Sun: ‘He is going to make sure it’s totally in keeping with the local area and wants it to become their home-from-home by the sea.
‘There are plans for a big living room and dining area, with a massive family kitchen at the back. There are extensions being demolished and put back up. It’s a beautiful part of the world with lots of young families so Ed and his lot will be right at home.’
Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Ed Sheeran for comment.
Ed will join a string of stars including Bill Nighy and Emma Freud, who have houses along the Suffolk coastline.
In September, Ed reportedly extended his £3.7 million ‘Sheeranville’ Suffolk estate by splashing out on a nearby £1 million farmhouse, which will become his man cave.
His latest purchase is a said to be just a stones throw away from Sheeranville and he is busy converting it to include a gym, bar and bowling alley.
‘He bought a Grade II-listed farmhouse and all the land it sits on and is making it another home from home. It’s likely he’ll do all his entertaining there and can make it into a place where he works on new music.
‘The land has loads of barns on it, which Ed is busy converting, One of them is being used as a recording studio.
The Shape of You hitmaker has been building and adding onto his estate for the past decade, which also includes a pub, tree house, swimming pool, underground music room
A source told The Sun: ‘There was also a piggery, which Ed has turned into the most incredible man cave. It’s got a bar, a gym, a pool table and a bowling alley, which is something he’s always wanted’.
Daily Mail have contacted Ed Sheeran’s representatives for comment.
The star, who is worth around £200million has slowly been accumulating the land around his home in Suffolk ,but it has not been without it’s controversy with Ed clashing with his neighbours in the past.
The singer, who has an impressive property portfolio worth a staggering £70million, has been involved in several legal disputes over his rights and his neighbours’ rights to expand their respective landmasses.
This comes despite Ed revealed earlier this month that he was relocating to America for the foreseeable future.
He is no stranger to travelling the world for his work, but revealed in a podcast interview that he would be ‘settling’ in the States with his family while on tour.
Ed recently snapped up a sprawling £9million home in New York, yet he spends the majority of his time in Suffolk with wife Cherry Seaborn and their daughters, Lyra, five, and Jupiter, three.
Speaking on the 2 Johnnies podcast, he shared: ‘I’m just about to move to America. I feel like I might be the only person moving to America.
‘I’m going on tour there for a while and I have a family so I can’t dip in and out. We’re going and settling there.’
Ed did not specify where in the States he would be moving to.
Yet he previously said that a move to the States could be on the cards because he wanted to transition into country music.
Ed said earlier this year: ‘When you transition to country, you can’t transition back.
‘Nashville is my favourite city in the States and it’s always been my end goal to move to Nashville and transition to country.’
Ed’s decision to move abroad comes just two months after he sparked backlash for claiming he identifies ‘culturally as Irish’ despite being born and raised in England.
While the singer-songwriter was brought up in Suffolk, his father John hails from Belfast, meaning he spent much of his childhood in Ireland.
Opening up on his heritage on The Louis Theroux Podcast, Ed explained: ‘I class my culture as Irish. I think that’s what I grew up with.
‘My dad’s family is … he’s got seven brothers and sisters. We’d spend all of our holidays in Ireland.
‘My first musical experiences were in Ireland, I grew up with trad music in the house. So I identify culturally as Irish, but I was obviously born and raised in Britain.’
Ed has splashed £10million on the London property market over the years, growing his empire to 27 flats, houses, and mansions, as well as his own 16-acre estate in Suffolk
The Galway Girl hitmaker went on to say that he was ‘really proud’ of his Irish cultural roots, and that he didn’t feel that he had to ‘just be British’, as it was down to ‘how you feel’.
He said: ‘I don’t overthink it but I do feel like my culture is something that I’m really proud of and grew up with and want to express.
‘And I feel like just because I was born in Britain doesn’t necessarily mean that I have to just be [British], there’s loads of people I know that are half this or quarter this.
‘I don’t think there’s any rules to it. It should be how you feel and how you were raised and what you lean into.’