{"id":1040217,"date":"2026-09-03T04:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1040217\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T04:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:52:21","slug":"travis-kelce-bought-a-mansion-months-before-marrying-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1040217\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce bought a mansion months before marrying Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travis Kelce closed on an Ohio mansion for $5.35 million back in March, snapping up the Lake Erie estate months before he made Taylor Swift his wife <\/a>at Madison Square Garden in July.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Bratenahl property initially listed for $5.99 million after being freshly renovated, and the deal closed on March 2, according to listing records reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Built in 1895, the sprawling 21,140-square-foot compound sits on 3.5 acres along the water and comes stacked with eight bedrooms, eight full and three half baths, and a five-car garage.<\/p>\n

Travis Kelce quietly closed on a $5.35 million lakefront mansion near Cleveland back in March, months before he and Taylor Swift tied the knot at Madison Square Garden. FOX<\/p>\n

The 131-year-old, recently renovated estate sits on 3.5 acres along Lake Erie and packs in 21,000 square feet, eight bedrooms, a ballroom, a home theater, a guest cottage and a pool. FOX<\/p>\n

The Cuyahoga County native grew up just a few miles away in Cleveland Heights, and the home\u2019s location near a private airstrip should make life easier for a couple juggling a real estate footprint that\u2019s already climbed into double digits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Swift brought her own collection<\/a> into the marriage, including a Manhattan condo and homes scattered across Rhode Island, Nashville and California, while Kelce arrived with his own place in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

The property is conveniently close to a private airport for a couple whose combined real estate empire has now hit double digits. Getty Images<\/p>\n

David Ayers, who brokered the deal alongside Nick Zawitz of The Agency Cleveland, said the Gilded Age property blends old world charm with a serious glow-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMeticulously restored original details paired with its exceptional modern amenities has created a truly rare Great Lakes estate,\u201d Ayers told The Post in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled for the new owners and so excited for Cleveland.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mansion buy wasn\u2019t the only headline out of Kelce\u2019s world this week. He and Swift also introduced the world to their new Samoyed puppy Wendy, who made her modeling debut in a Tommy Hilfiger<\/a> campaign shoot on the roof of the Plaza Hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Heights native\u2019s hometown splurge caps a big week for the pair, who also debuted their new Samoyed pup, reportedly named Wendy, in a Tommy Hilfiger campaign shot atop the Plaza Hotel. Tommy Hilfiger<\/p>\n

Kelce and Swift married on July 3. Instagram\/ Taylor Swift<\/p>\n

Kelce told Vogue the brand needed a dog for the shoot and he didn\u2019t hesitate to volunteer his own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe figured, why not her? She crushed it and actually really fit into that Tommy aesthetic, too,\u201d he said. \u201cThose are some of my favorite shots.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of his new pup, he added simply, \u201cShe lights up my day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce closed on an Ohio mansion for $5.35 million back in March, snapping up the Lake Erie…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1040218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,19143,12213,8880,171,11194,416266,76506,76507,5418,44989,115577,1573,4329,10204,3571,3572,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1040217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-homes","tag-celebrity-real-estate","tag-celebrity-weddings","tag-entertainment","tag-homeowners","tag-insane-celebrity-homes","tag-luxe-listings","tag-luxe-living","tag-luxury-real-estate","tag-mansion","tag-mansions","tag-ohio","tag-real-estate","tag-residential-real-estate","tag-taylor-swift","tag-travis-kelce","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117205319725058999","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1040217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1040217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1040217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1040217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}