Acclaim for his expertise betrays no signal of diminishing, as indicated by his triumph in notching up 2023’s Christmas Number 1, to not point out his success in producing earnings of greater than a £44,000-a-day – after tax – within the final monetary 12 months.
And now, greater than seven years after his loss of life on the age of 53, George Michael‘s first famous person residence – acquired in 1987 as he cast forward together with his solo profession – is being handled to a blinding revamp by his solely surviving sister, Yioda Panayiotou.
Some may be tempted to say it’s not earlier than time. Photographs reveal that the home, in Hampstead, north London, is now profoundly dilapidated, with its white cement board cladding breaking as much as depart the constructing wanting extra like one thing on a sink property relatively than in a leafy enclave the place home costs routinely climb north of £10million.
Yioda, 62, is intent on restoring the property to what her architect describes as a ‘liveable’ situation, and seeks to take away a water tank from the roof, in addition to changing the roof in its entirety, together with the crumbling cladding.
But that is only for starters. She’s additionally in search of permission to transform two garages into dwelling quarters ‘with a extra conventional home frontage’ which can ‘reinstate the character of the home’. New decking is to be put in round the primary home in order that it wraps round to a bed room on the rear. The window on the higher floor flooring will probably be raised in order that it enjoys a fuller view of the backyard.
Acclaim for singer George Michael exhibits no signal of diminishing, greater than seven years after his loss of life, as proven by his triumph in notching up 2023’s Christmas No 1
George Michael’s first famous person residence — acquired in 1987 as he cast forward together with his solo profession — is being handled to a blinding revamp by his solely surviving sister, Yioda Panayiotou
The home is situated in a leafy enclave the place home costs routinely climb north of £10million
Photographs present the Hampstead house is now dilapidated, with its white cement board cladding breaking as much as depart the constructing wanting extra like one thing on a sink property
The plans contain fully changing the roof, together with the crumbling cladding
Built to a futuristic design within the mid-Nineteen Seventies, the home was ransacked in George Michael’s absence in 2002 when raiders stole jewelry, designer garments and work, in addition to household heirlooms bequeathed to the Wham! star by his beloved mom
Balustrading will probably be erected each on the terrace – which will probably be reached by way of new patio doorways – and alongside the drive.
Let’s hope that Yioda’s Grand Design provides the home a brand new and happier lease of life.
Built to a futuristic design within the mid-Nineteen Seventies, it was ransacked in George Michael’s absence in 2002 when raiders stole jewelry, designer garments and work, in addition to household heirlooms bequeathed to the Wham! star by his beloved mom, who died of most cancers in 1997.
In the final decade of George’s life he spent way more of his time at a traditional Georgian home in north London and at his sixteenth century home in Oxfordshire the place he was discovered lifeless on Christmas Day 2016
Yioda, 62, is intent on restoring the property to what her architect describes as a ‘liveable’ situation, and seeks to take away a water tank from the roof
The window on the higher floor flooring will probably be raised in order that it enjoys a fuller view of the backyard
Balustrading will probably be erected each on the terrace – which will probably be reached by way of new patio doorways – and alongside the drive
The intruders then drove off in his Aston Martin DB7.
In the final decade of his life he spent way more of his time at a traditional Georgian home in north London and at his sixteenth century home in Oxfordshire the place he was discovered lifeless on Christmas Day 2016.
Exactly three years later, his youthful sister, Melanie, died aged 59, leaving Yioda as the one surviving sibling.