CELEBS are sometimes flaunting their luxurious existence and sprawling mansions on social media for us common folks to lust over, however, like us, most got here from humble beginnings with smaller childhood properties.
After discovering fame as an award-winning pop star, Ellie Goulding, 33, swapped her council residence in Lyonshall, only a stone’s throw away from the Welsh borders, for a dreamy central London pad, which she recently sold for a whopping £5.9 million.
Ellie Goulding lately bought her central London residence for £5.95 millionCredit score: Getty Pictures
The 33-yer-old songstress grew up in a humble council residence in Lyonshall, a small English city near the Welsh boarderCredit score: Damien McFadden
The 5 storey 2,961 sq ft property boasts 5 bedrooms, two lounges, a state-of-the-art kitchen and eating space in addition to an expensive cinema room with a classy white and gray theme all through.
However Ellie’s swish house is a far cry from the place she grew up in a small rural city of simply 750 individuals when she barely had pennies to her identify and struggled to make ends meet.
The hitmaker shot to fame after releasing her first album, Lights, in 2010, and now has 4 platinum-selling albums and an estimated fortune of £20 million.
Final 12 months, Elle married art dealer Caspar Jopling in a lavish wedding with pals Princess Eugenie and her then fiancé Jack Brooksbank in attendance – proving simply how far she’s come.
Her five-storey London pad has 5 large bedrooms and two loungesCredit score: Splash Information
It is a brief stroll from London’s well-known Oxford RoadCredit score: Splash Information
However she’s simply one among many high-flying celebs who’ve upgraded their pads from modest indifferent homes to sprawling estates with fellow hitmakers Rihanna and Beyoncé cashing in too.
Singer and make-up extraordinaire Rihanna, actual identify Robyn Fenty, grew up in Barbados, in a quaint bungalow she shared along with her two siblings.
In 2012 RiRi gave Oprah a tour of her childhood residence, and followers usually snap selfies in entrance of it when on the town.
The 32-year-old, who moved to America to start out her profession, purchased a $6.8million mansion in LA a number of years in the past, which boasts six bedrooms and eight loos over 7,130sq ft.
Rhianna grew up in Barbados and spent her profession within the US, earlier than transferring to London lately
The songstress grew up on this bungalow in Barbados which followers usually go to
RiRi purchased this sprawling LA pad, though she now lives in London
The pop star and entrepreneur made her fortune by means of her intensive music profession and booming make-up model, Fenty Magnificence, giving her an estimated fortune of £468 million.
This eye-watering quantity put her at third place on The Sunday Occasions Wealthy Checklist, after revealing she’s been dwelling in London and is renting out her LA pad as she tries to promote it.
In the meantime, music icon Beyoncé swapped her quaint residence for a $81million mansion within the swanky neighbourhood of Bel Air, which she and husband Jay Z purchased in 2017.
Music icon Beyoncé swapped her quaint residence for a $81million mansionCredit score: Getty Pictures
Beyoncé grew up on this modest indifferent home in Houston, which has three bedrooms
The star purchased this mansion in Bel Air with Jay Z in 2017 which has 4 swimming pools
The music mogul, whose profession started with R&B group Future’s Little one earlier than going solo, got here from a small picturesque terraced property in Houston with a winding drive, which has three loos and three bedrooms.
Whereas it may not appear so dangerous, it is a great distance from the dreamy 30,000sq ft mansion she lives in along with her household as we speak.
Her pad has eight bedrooms, 11 loos, a house cinema, tennis and basketball courts in addition to 4 swimming pools – in case one wasn’t sufficient.
As for fellow singer Ariana Grande, who now calls a $13.7 million mansion residence, her former residence was a fraction of the scale however nonetheless critically spectacular.
Ariana Grande has made her hundreds of thousands by means of her spectacular singing professionCredit score: AFP or licensors
Singer Ariana Grande grew up on this swanky pad, which boasts its personal pool
However she nonetheless managed to improve her digs after shopping for this new construct within the Hollywood Hills
The 27-year-old grew up in Florida, in a lavish residence with 5 bedrooms and 7 loos set amongst 7,590sq ft of area – with a pool.
However regardless of coming from a large household home, the Thank U Subsequent singer upgraded her digs and forked out for a brand new construct within the Hollywood Hills again in 2017.
Her new gaffe boasts 4 bedrooms, seven loos in addition to a health studio, 300-bottle wine cellar and an infinity pool – so every thing we might ever dream of.
However not like Arianna, rapper Eminem, actual identify Marshall Mathers, got here from humble beginnings in Detroit, a topic he usually references in his songs.
Eminem’s music profession spans 20 yearsCredit score: Getty – Pool
Eminem grew up in Detroit and used his humble childhood residence because the backdrop for one among his albums
The rapper now lives in an enormous property which has a tennis court docket and lake
The 48-year-old used a snap of his childhood residence on the duvet of his album Marshall Mathers LP 2, and whereas the house was later demolished Eminem saved some bricks and later auctioned them off.
The one-bathroom house is in stark distinction to the 15,129 sq. foot mansion he purchased in Rochester Hills, with the 5.7 acre property boasting six bedrooms, 9 loos, a tennis court docket, lake, pool and a five-car storage.
And with a profession spanning 20 lengthy years, he can now sit back and chill out in one of many many comfortable rooms.
John Travolta rose to fame in the course of the SeventiesCredit score: Getty Pictures – Getty
The 66-year-old was the youngest of six, and grew up in New Jersey
The Grease star purchased an airport to dwell during which home his 5 aircraft
Grease legend John Travolta spent his youthful years in New Jersey, with snaps from a property itemizing claiming to be the actor’s childhood residence exhibiting a modest two-storey home with three bedrooms and two loos.
These days the 66-year-old lives in an airport he purchased in Florida, which homes two runways for his personal jets.
The actor, whose spouse Kelly Preston sadly handed this 12 months, owns 5 planes and prolonged the taxiway straight to his entrance door.
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