The Devonshire property left Short in millions of pounds of debt<\/a> and it even affected his marriage, but now in 2024 he plans to borrow another \u00a32 million to add fixtures to the house, Short told The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some of the additions to the property include re-engineering its clifftop driveway, which leads to a second smaller property on the plot.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been passed on to the receivers but that means you lose control of how it\u2019s sold, and if they sell for their listed price of \u00a35.25m I will have lost an awful lot of money,\u201d he told the publication.<\/p>\n If the right fixtures are added to the property, Short anticipates putting the property back on the market for \u00a310 million.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m still trying to avoid a complete disaster for us as a family and the current situation would end up as exactly that,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n \u201cWhereas doing something about the problems, I believe, would leave me in a position to be able to pay back the most money, and that\u2019s the bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Back in November 2023, the property was on sale for \u00a36.5 million, as per Knight Frank<\/a>, which was \u00a33.5 million down from its original asking price, with Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud previously giving an update on Short\u2019s plans for the property.<\/p> \u201cEd and I still communicate by email now and again,\u201d he told Metro<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not always the case you keep in contact with people, but in his case, it was such a special project and we had a lot of shared interests in common and we share a mutual friend.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Kevin](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/kevin-mccloud-grand-designs-1d4d514.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"kevin-mccloud-grand-designs\\"\/")
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