After shaking off her footballer’s wife image and offloading the lavish Beckingham Palace, you might think Posh would want her new house to be a bit less flash.
But downsizing clearly isn’t an option when you are David and Victoria Beckham.
The couple have splashed out £40 million (Dh238 million) on a palatial London mansion — a replacement for their sprawling Hertfordshire estate.
The 38-year-old former England football captain and the singer-turned-fashion designer are now said to be spending an extra £5 million renovating the four-storey period home.
The property will include rooms for hairdressing, manicures, make-up and Mrs Beckham’s shoe collection — as well as a hidden tunnel leading to a second property.
Their children Brooklyn, 14, Romeo, 11, Cruz, eight and daughter Harper, two, will take over an entire floor of bedrooms — all with en-suite bathrooms with waterproof plasma televisions.
And the lower ground floor will include a study, a gym and a massage room, as well as an underground garage for David’s cars.
The pair reportedly sold their former home, known as Beckingham Palace, for £12 million. The Beckhams bought the 12-acre estate for £2.5 million just three months after their wedding in 1999.
The family have been renting a home since their return to London earlier this year. They are now expected to split their time between England and the US, with David and Victoria, 39, said to be keen to educate their children in the UK.
Beckham is currently Britain’s wealthiest sports star with a fortune of £165 million. Together, the couple generated £35.1 million in 2012 — almost £100,000-a-day — with the former Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer now earning almost as much as her husband.
