George Michael’s former home is reportedly to be demolished and transformed into a £10million property, after falling into disrepair.
The music icon, who died in 2016 at the age of 53, bought his north London home in 1987 at the height of his career and lived there for many years.
After George moved out of the property to spend more time at his other London home and his country estate in Berkshire, the mansion fell into poor condition.
The house was then left to George’s sister Yioda Panayiotou and has now been given permission by Camden City Council to demolish the property, with architects BB Partnership pledging to make the derelict house “liveable”.
Planning documents obtained by Sun show that the old roof will be completely torn off and replaced with a new one with solar panels.
George Michael’s former home in north London will reportedly be demolished and transformed into a £10million property, after falling into disrepair.
The music icon, who died in 2016 at the age of 53, bought his north London home in 1987 at the height of his career and lived there for many years (pictured in 2005).
Plans also include converting an adjoining garage into a dwelling, adding new doors and windows, and decking will be installed around the back of the house.
The existing cement board siding will also be replaced with a more modern white aesthetic laminate board.
Planning applications also show that two detached garages could be converted into a taller version, suggesting George’s own sister could move in.
Planning officer Daniel Pope told the publication: “Given the nature of the work and the distance from neighboring properties…
‘The proposal is not considered detrimental in terms of loss of privacy, perspective, implications for natural light, artificial light spill or impacts caused from the construction phase of the development.’
Scaffolding has now reportedly been erected around the property and, when the works are completed, could fetch more than £10 million.
Built to a futuristic design in the mid-1970s, George’s home was ransacked in his absence in 2002, when burglars stole jewelry, designer clothing and paintings, as well as family heirlooms bequeathed to Wham! star of his beloved mother, who died of cancer in 1997.
The intruders then drove away in their Aston Martin DB7.
Planning documents show the property will be completely transformed with a new roof and cladding, and the finished property could be worth £10 million.
In the last decade of his life he spent much more time in a classic Georgian house in north London and in his 16th-century house in Oxfordshire, where he was found dead on Christmas Day 2016.
Exactly three years later, his younger sister, Melanie, died at age 59, leaving Yioda as the only surviving sibling.
In 2019, George’s property in Oxfordshire was finally sold and the Land Registry reported that a family new to the area had purchased the farmhouse.
John Reid, a solicitor representing George’s family and estate, confirmed that Mill Cottage had been sold.
He told the Mirror: “It was a place he loved, especially for the privacy it gave him.”
“Therefore, we ask the new owners to respect his privacy and be able to enjoy the property as he did.”