Adele “scared off” buyers of £6million mansion claiming it was “haunted”, says owner

Nicholas Sutton, the owner of a house in West Sussex that Adele briefly lived in, has claimed that he’s struggled to sell it after the singer claimed it was “haunted”.

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The Grammy-winning artist lived in Sutton’s £6million country mansion Lock House in West Sussex for six months and, according to Sutton, the singer has scared off potential buyers of the property by saying that the house was haunted.

According to The Independent, Sutton claimed in a planning statement that he has struggled to sell the 10-bedroom mansion and is seeking permission to transform the property into apartments instead due to Adele’s claim making the house “unsellable”.

A planning application presented to Horsham district council saw Sutton say that the house was a convent in the ’70s prior to him purchasing it in 2003.

In an interview on CBS‘s 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper in 2012, Adele gave the journalist a tour of the home and didn’t say that it was haunted but did share that she found it “quite scary”. However, a British tabloid ran a piece saying that the ‘Hello’ hitmaker was convicted that the mansion was haunted. The house also appeared in a list of celebrity haunted homes featured in Hello! magazine.

Sutton claimed that potential buyers were put off by Adele’s comments saying: “Unfortunately, during an interview on CBS, Adele remarked that she believed the house to be haunted. This comment negatively impacted future marketing efforts and continues to affect the property’s reputation to this day,” (As per the Independent).

The owner has claimed that he has “actively tried to sell the property for about 14 years” despite it being “consistently marketed by top agents”, including Savills and Strutt & Parker.

Sutton also said he has struggled to receive any offers, explaining: “The only offer received over the years was in August 2020, but the prospective buyer withdrew after learning about the property’s supposed haunted status, which was publicly mentioned by Adele during her tenancy.”

The home owner has urged the Horsham district council to grant him permission to transform the mansion into apartments and claimed that his application represents a “culmination of over 13 years of market testing” and highlighted how the mansion has a “lack of demand” as it is now.

“This proposal provides the optimum viable use of Lock House, preserving its historical significance while delivering much-needed housing,” he added. “It offers a balanced, sensitive, and sustainable solution that aligns with both heritage protection and housing policies, ensuring the long-term preservation and vitality of this important historical asset.”

In other news, Adele recently announced a limited-edition vinyl box set capturing the full set from her huge Las Vegas residency.

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