Adele’s Comments About ‘Haunted’ Home Are Scaring Off Buyers for $7M Mansion, Says Realtor

Adele has given potential home buyers a fright!

The singer, 36, has been accused of rendering her former mansion "unsellable" after she said it was haunted in a past interview.

The English estate's current owner, Nicholas Sutton, said that Adele’s comments "negatively impacted future marketing efforts and continues to affect the property’s reputation to this day," according to planning documents obtained by U.K. outlet The Times.

Adele rented the 10-bedroom mansion in West Sussex for six months in 2012, according to Sutton.

The "Easy on Me" singer reportedly told Anderson Cooper in a 2012 CBS interview that the mansion – known as the Lock House – was "all quite scary, really."

The New York Daily News previously reported that she also told Cooper she had hired a female bodyguard to stay at the property after hearing unexplained noises. 

Adele is one of many celebrities, including Joan Rivers and Nicolas Cage, who have claimed to have had paranormal experiences in their homes.

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The property, now listed for £5,995,000 (about $7,400,00), has several amenities, including seven en suite bedrooms, an indoor swimming pool and a guest cottage. Outside, it boasts an in-ground swimming pool, tennis court and gardens.

Because he has been unable to find a buyer, Sutton wants to convert the mansion into apartments, according to a planning application given to the Horsham district council, per The Times. 

Sutton claimed he has "actively tried to sell the property for about 14 years" but has only received one offer in August 2020 that was rescinded "after learning about the property’s supposed haunted status, which was publicly mentioned by Adele during her tenancy."

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He urged the local council to grant permission for his proposal given the "lack of demand for the property in its current form," according to The Times.

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Sutton added that the proposal will preserve the historical significance of the home, which was a former convent.

The Times reported that the owner previously applied for permission to convert the mansion into five apartments but was not granted approval.

Per the BBC, the property was first built around 1909. It was then divided and sold as 26 different lots in 1971, before being bought by a church and used as a convent.

The current owner reportedly acquired the home in 2003.

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