{"id":137685,"date":"2023-09-19T14:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/?p=137685"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:30:37","slug":"wish-we-werent-here-pink-floyd-legend-and-wife-battle-to-sell-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/lifestyle\/wish-we-werent-here-pink-floyd-legend-and-wife-battle-to-sell-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Wish we WEREN&apos;T here! Pink Floyd legend and wife battle to sell home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wish we WEREN&#8217;T here! Pink Floyd legend Dave Gilmour and wife slash \u00a35M off \u00a315M price tag on their luxury seafront home after year on market<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EXCLUSIVE: Dave Gilmour and Polly Sampson bought Medine House in 2015<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The couple rebuilt the former Victorian Turkish bathhouse in Hove\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour has been forced to drop the asking price on his home by an astonishing \u00a35m.<\/p>\n<p>The rock star and and his wife, writer Polly Samson, put their luxury seafront home on sale more than a year ago for an eye-watering \u00a315m.<\/p>\n<p>But with house prices tumbling the couple were this week forced to drastically lower the asking price to \u00a310m.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbours living close to the seafront home in Hove, East Sussex said the couple had struggled to attract attention for the property and had been forced to take action.<\/p>\n<p>Nicknamed &#8216;Polly&#8217;s Folly&#8217;, the couple only bought the property in 2015 and launched a lavish rebuild of the former Victorian Turkish bathhouse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/11\/75479239-12523169-Pink_Floyd_legend_Dave_Gilmour_and_his_wife_Polly_Sampson_are_se-a-1_1695120323838.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pink Floyd legend Dave Gilmour and his wife Polly Sampson are seeking \u00a310m for their five-bed home, Medina House, pictured centre. The former Victorian Turkish Bath was demolished and rebuilt by the couple on the seafront in Hove, despite the opposition of locals\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/16\/75480457-12523169-image-a-8_1694793521721.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It look 10 workmen five hours to lift in Gilmour&#8217;s piano into his new property<\/p>\n<p>The reconstruction of Medina House sparked fury among residents and historical conservationists when they announced plans to bulldoze the baths.<\/p>\n<p>Gilmour, 77, who is worth an estimated \u00a3140million, and Samson, 61, were slammed and their plans branded &#8216;appalling and disrespectful.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>One group, &#8216;Save Hove from Property Tycoons&#8217; pinned a message to the building wall reading: &#8216;We don&#8217;t need no demolition, we don&#8217;t need no thoughtless plans, no tall dark shadows across our windows. Leave Medina House Alone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Hey Gilmour, leave our hood alone. All in all it&#8217;s just another betrayal of us all, to you it&#8217;s just another brick in the wall.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The only surviving building from the famous King&#8217;s Esplanade in Hove, the bathhouse first opened in 1894 offering women slipper baths and steam rooms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/17\/75481177-12523169-image-a-9_1694794990019.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Inside the property, which has had \u00a35m slashed from the asking price, the five bedrooms have remarkable sea views<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/17\/75481179-12523169-image-a-10_1694795045134.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Pink Floyd legend and his wife demolished the old Victorian structure and rebuilt it<\/p>\n<p>The slipper baths were opened for people with no baths at home and were designed to improve hygiene and sanitation.<\/p>\n<p>During the Second World War it saw service as a makeshift hospital, before being turned housing a diamond cutting business.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Local outrage over Pink Floyd redevelopment plan<\/h3>\n<p>Interrupted by the Covid pandemic, the building work took years to completeby which time the couple decided it no longer met their needs.<\/p>\n<p>The home boasts five bedrooms, three bathrooms, an open plan sitting room, kitchen and dining room, a library, music room, gym and sauna as well<\/p>\n<p>Gilmour joined Pink Floyd in 1967, performing on albums such as &#8216;The Dark Side of the Moon&#8217; &#8216;Wish You Were Here&#8217; and &#8216;The Wall&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He also performs as a solo artist, and is a champion of several environmental causes.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Samson has collaborated with Pink Floyd on a number of songs, and her most recent novel, &#8216;A Theatre for Dreamers&#8217; (2020) was a bestseller.<\/p>\n<p>The property was reportedly given to the couple in 2015 by the developer Sirus Taghan, who had been denied planning permits on a number of occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The original bathhouse was demolished in 2018, and Keb Garavito Bruhn, a founding partner of the architecture firm Pilbrow &amp; Partners, was brought in to design the residence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/17\/75481665-12523169-image-a-12_1694795133421.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The luxury property features three bathrooms, according to a brochure advertising its sale<\/p>\n<p>The firm took inspiration from the bathhouse, mimicking its crow-stepped gable, as well as the half-moon shaped window at the top.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, glazed ceramic tiles that were originally part of one of the pools were retained.<\/p>\n<p>The open floor plan has doors to the courtyard, creating an indoor-outdoor space for the family in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>According to Perry Press, the founder of Pereds, the London-based property consultancy, the couple said: &#8216;The main bedroom, with sea views in all directions, is a beautiful place from which to watch the sunrise and sunset across the sea.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you wake up in the morning, the view is always a surprise: the sea and sky are never the same. At night, it&#8217;s intoxicating to watch from bed the moon reflected in the water.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Other amenities include hardwood flooring and underfloor heating throughout, polished plaster ceilings and walls, log-burning and gas-operated open fires and a host of sustainability and smart-home features, including a remote-controlled door entry system with biometric fingerprint access, the listing said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-12523169\/Wish-WERENT-Pink-Floyd-legend-Dave-Gilmour-wife-slash-5M-15M-price-tag-luxury-seafront-home-year-market.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wish we WEREN&#8217;T here! 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