{"id":25242,"date":"2025-04-16T16:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/25242\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:50:14","slug":"christine-mcguinness-lifts-the-lid-on-how-she-really-feels-about-selling-her-family-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/25242\/","title":{"rendered":"Christine McGuinness lifts the lid on how she REALLY feels about selling her family home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christine and Paddy McGuinness divorced last year, and the former Take Me Out presenter recently put their family home &#8211; a stunning seven-bedroom pad in Prestbury, Cheshire &#8211; on the market<\/p>\n<p>03:01, 16 Apr 2025Updated 06:32, 16 Apr 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1_ng-25million-mansion-with-ex-Paddy-and-desperate-to-sell-up.jpg\" alt=\"Christine McGuinness\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Christine McGuinness married Paddy in 2011<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/christine-mcguinness\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Christine McGuinness<\/a> says she is &#8220;devastated&#8221; about selling her family home following her <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/divorce\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">divorce<\/a> from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/paddy-mcguinness\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Paddy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The beauty queen still shares the house with her former husband, from whom she split in 2022, but confessed it feels impossible for her to move out of the seven-bedroom property. Paddy, who used to present Take Me Out, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/paddy-mcguinness-puts-lavish-65m-34888397\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">put the home in Prestbury, Cheshire, on the market in March<\/a>, around <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/christine-mcguinness-says-paddy-free-32420677\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">one year after their divorce.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Christine, 37, said: &#8220;I\u2019m devastated about the sale. We don\u2019t know how long it\u2019s going to take&#8230; I can\u2019t (move out). It\u2019s not an option for me. We both own the house.&#8221; The model, who was a cast member on The Real Housewives of Cheshire, said earlier this month <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/christine-mcguinness-struggles-pay-300k-34969181\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">she is struggling to pay the \u00a3300,000 divorce bill she now faces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The star, who shares three children with 51-year-old Paddy, had said: &#8220;I think people assume that if you&#8217;re going through a divorce with someone who earns a hell of a lot of money, your legal fees will be covered, or they will cover the costs or something, but it doesn&#8217;t work like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/paddy-mcguinness-admits-resented-making-35006250\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paddy McGuinness admits he &#8216;resented&#8217; making fans laugh in candid admission on depression<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2_Christine-and-Paddy-McGuinness.jpg\" alt=\"The couple split in 2022 but have lived together since then\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The couple split in 2022 but have lived together since then(Image: mirror.co.uk)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And the stresses of the house sale have added to Christine&#8217;s strain, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14615171\/Christine-McGuinness-reveals-devastating-true-toll-divorce-Paddy-really-feels-selling-6-5m-family-home-parenting-plans-RICHARD-EDEN.html\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mail Online<\/a> reports. Their marital home, which has seven bedrooms, is in Prestbury, around 11 miles south of Stockport. Last year, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/how-paddy-mcguinness-won-divorce-33999866\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"a court ruled that the former couple could keep their home following their divorceLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">a court ruled that the former couple could keep their home following their divorce<\/a> if they remained at the property together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But now Christine reportedly hopes &#8220;a good offer&#8221; will soon be made on the family home, which is on the market for \u00a36.5million. The reality TV star told Mail Online: &#8220;I want to continue being myself and be on my own as a single divorced mum. It just feels like I\u2019m finally falling into a place that I\u2019m supposed to be in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Reflecting on the split, Christine admitted both she and comedian Paddy would handle things differently if given another chance. Christine, who is originally from Blackpool, Lancashire, had said: &#8220;I think both of us now, if we could sit down and do it again, yeah, we&#8217;d do it completely differently, because we both spent a hell of a lot of money on divorce lawyers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking on The Shizzio Show podcast, the mum continued: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never spoken about the reasons for our divorce, and I don&#8217;t know if I ever will. It was a difficult time. It wasn&#8217;t something that, you know, I just decided to do overnight, or that we chose to do. We tried, and, yeah, there just, unfortunately, there was no repairing it, you know?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Christine and Paddy married on June 4, 2011 and since had their children, twins Leo and Penelope, 11, and daughter Felicity, eight. 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