Adele: Do scary stories prevent house sales? | STERN.de

British singer Adele (36) literally has a frightening effect on others. In this case, potential home buyers who have been put off buying because of their horror stories about a former rental property in the south of England.

The singer is accused by the owner of making the property “unsaleable” after she suggested in an interview that it was haunted. The current owner complained that Adele’s comments “negatively impacted future marketing efforts and continue to tarnish the reputation of the property to this day,” according to documents obtained by The.

That’s why owner Nicholas Sutton won’t be getting rid of the villa in West Sussex that Adele rented for six months in 2012. The singer is said to have said in a TV interview at the time that her stay in the former monastery, known as Lock House, was “pretty scary” and gave her “goosebumps.”

previously reported that she also said she hired a female bodyguard to stay at the 32-acre property after hearing unexplained noises. However, the British woman did not share what paranormal experiences she had in the house, which was built around 1909.

The property, now listed for £5,995,000 (around €7.1 million), has seven en-suite bedrooms, an indoor swimming pool, swimming pool, gym, its own tennis court and a guest house.

Sutton claimed he had been “actively trying to sell the property for approximately 14 years” but had only received one offer in August 2020, which was withdrawn “after learning of the alleged haunting of the property by Adele during her “The tenancy agreement was publicly mentioned”.

Since he has not found a buyer to date, Sutton now wants to convert the mansion into apartments. This emerges from a planning application he submitted to Horsham District Council, reports the Times.