Beckhams acquire £40million London home; spends extra £5m for renovation (photo)

• Posted on November 25, 2013November 25, 2013
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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He may have retired from the football field, while his wife’s pop career seem like a distant memory.

But downsizing clearly isn’t an option when you are David and Victoria Beckham.

The couple have now splashed out on a palatial £40million London mansion – an inner-city replacement for their sprawling Hertfordshire estate.

The 38-year-old former England football captain and his wife are now said to be spending an extra £5m renovating the four-storey detached period home in west London.

The house will include rooms for hairdressing, manicures and make-up, as well as separate rooms for 39-year-old Victoria’s shoe collection.

Staff and security will have access to a tunnel which will take them unseen to a second property.

The couple have already installed a sound system so that music can be played in every room, and which can be controlled by a phone or computer. They are planning on adding specially designed waterproof plasma TVs in every bathroom.

Their children Brooklyn, 14; Romeo, 11; Cruz, eight; and daughter Harper, two, will take over the second floor of the house which has three bedrooms, all with en-suite bathrooms.

The lower ground floor includes a study, a gym and massage room, three service rooms and a small garden and there is an underground garage where David can keep his fleet of cars.

David and Victoria have reportedly sold their Hertfordshire home, known as Beckingham Palace, for £12million. However, they also own homes in California, Dubai and a £2.6million holiday home in the South of France.

The Beckhams bought the 12-acre estate just three months after their wedding in 1999 for £2.5million.

-dailymailUk