Katie Price's 'cursed' Mucky Mansion finally sold for eye-watering price

Katie Price's Mucky Mansion has finally been sold for a very large price. The home, which Katie purchased in 2014 for a whopping £2million, was her home until she was forced to leave it due to mounting debts, meaning she hadn't been able to pay the mortgage on the property.

But while the house has sold, Katie won't see a single penny from it due to the cash from the sale being used to clear her debts. And while Katie has said the house is "cursed" after suffering break-ins, reports of seeing ghosts and her pets dying at the property,that hasn't put the new owner off.

Furniture tycoon and divorced dad-of-two James Mercer, 62, from Northern Ireland, bought the house in January, months after Price was evicted by bailiffs because she hadn't been able to pay the mortgage.

READ MORE: Katie Price and Alex Reid's brutal break-up as he wages war against 'fame seeker'

READ MORE: Katie Price reveals only man she's ever truly loved - and it's none of her husbands

According to reports, Mr Mercer is planning to have extensive work done on the home to make it fit for a person to live in. Mercer's partner, Leike Qu, with whom he co-owns Mucky Mansion, has said they fell in love with the home that has been at the centre of a media storm for years.

"We are just very ordinary and quiet people who fell in love with this country house," Ms Qu told The MailOnline. The couple, who spent £1million on the freehold, are also said to have put aside a huge sum of money in order to repair Mucky Mansion.

They paid less than the £1.35 million Mucky Mansion had been listed for. Katie was forced to slash the price after struggling to find a buyer due to the property's state, which included the kitchen ceiling caving in. There had also been concerns that the land could have been contaminated with waste, while the water in the swimming pool had turned green.

Cleaners had been hauled in to clear huge piles of rubbish left behind before it was listed by local estate agents, HJ Burt. Shortly after leaving the home, Katie hit out and issued a warning to the new residents of the sprawling property.

She said: "I hate that house. Whoever buys it, I warn them, they will get bad luck there. It is absolutely cursed. My anxiety got worse with that house. There was a point when I couldn't even walk up the driveway without having a panic attack. I had therapy about the house. I should never have gone back there. Now I'm out of it, it's the best thing I've ever done."

Price had also claimed the home was haunted by the spirit of a small child. The home, made up of nine bedrooms, three reception rooms, four bath/shower rooms and a one-bedroom annexe, also comes with expansive grounds and its own personal stables.

Her eldest daughter, Princess Andre, has also spoken of her time in the house and admitted she didn't have too many positive memories from her time there. "It was a really scary house," she commented.

The influencer continued: "A lot went on there. So I didn't really like it. I guess when you have bad experiences somewhere, you don't like the place."

Mucky Mansion, which is near Horsham, West Sussex, became the subject of a Channel 4 documentary when Katie attempted to bring life back into the property for the last time. Bailiffs, though, reportedly turned up at the 11-bedroom property in June 2024 to take back the keys, around 10 years after the TV personality bought the large home.

The latest news comes after Katie came under fire after her ex-husband, Alex Reid, shared a video of her counting huge sums of cash, despite being declared bankrupt. In the video, believed to have been filmed in late 2020, she told her daughter Princess that she had extended her bankruptcy as Alex had demanded cash, before her daughter called him "irrelevant."

Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Threads.