Boy George lists six-bedroom gothic north London mansion for £17m

2022-09-21

Do you really want to buy me? Boy George lists his six-bedroom Grade II-listed gothic north London mansion for £17m following three-year renovation which saw him embroiled in a battle with the council over planning permission

The Culture Club singer, 61, has lived alone at the home for almost 40 years – he bought it in 1989 in the mid-1980s following the release of the band’s hit single Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
It recently underwent an ambitious three-year renovation which saw the singer embroiled in a battle with Camden Council over planning permission to extend the property and let in more light
The property, listed by Aston Chase, covers 5,453 square feet, with five of the six bedrooms – coming complete with their own dressing rooms and bathrooms
One room features a giant skylight in place of a traditional ceiling – there’s also a meditation room and cinema room
The Daily Mail’s Sebastian Shakespeare previously reported that Boy undertook a stunning £100,000 revamp of the gardens

Boy George has listed the Grade II-listed gothic and Italian-inspired north London mansion for £17m.

The Culture Club singer, 61, has lived alone at the home for almost 40 years – he bought it in the mid-1980s following the release of the band’s hit single Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

The six-bedroom mansion, which Boy George, [George O’Dowd] has covered in religious artefacts and expensive artworks, was built in 1868.

Moving on: Boy George has listed his six-bedroom Grade II-listed gothic north London mansion for £17m following a three-year renovation which saw him embroiled in a battle with the council over planning permission

It underwent an ambitious three-year renovation which first saw the singer embroiled in a battle with Camden Council over planning permission to extend the property and let in more light before a compromise was reached.

Boy George, said to be worth £41.8million, rented a flat in Soho while the works took place.

Result! The Culture Club singer, 61, has lived alone at the home for almost 40 years – he bought it the mid-1980s

The property, listed by Aston Chase, covers 5,453 square feet, with five of the six bedrooms – come complete with their own dressing rooms and bathrooms. One room features a giant skylight in place of a traditional ceiling.

There’s also a meditation room and cinema room.

The home has been decorated in a flamboyant style, there’s a cast of David Bowie’s face, a Mr Brainwash piece on Kate Moss and records mounted in frames.

A piece which sits next to his bed, depicts a well-endowed naked man.

In 2021, the Daily Mail’s Sebastian Shakespeare reported that Boy George oversaw a stunning £100,000 revamp of the gardens at his home.

He needed consent to re-landscape the gardens because of the home’s listed status, which lies in a conservation area.

His planning agent said at the time: ‘The proposals have been developed to provide a scheme sympathetic to the historic fabric and character of the property and to the broader conservation area.’

Colourful: The property covers 5,453 square feet and is covered in artworks and religious artefacts

Where the magic happens: Five of the six bedrooms – come complete with their own dressing rooms and bathrooms – and one room features a giant skylight in place of a traditional ceiling

He included a ‘stepped water feature with reflection pool’.

The star, who grew up in Eltham, South London, previously merged two neighbouring properties to form his current home.

George previously battled addiction to heroin and other substances for more than two decades and after battling his demons, he told The Guardian: ‘London is my home, I feel most sane when I’m here.’

He told Yahoo in 2015: ‘I got sober in 2008. March the 2nd, 2008. I know the date exactly. I always think of that day as ‘the day that I became sane”.’

Wow! The star, who grew up in Eltham, South London, previously merged two neighbouring properties to form his current home – he had three years of renovations which saw this glass extension added which provided more light in the property

‘I planned to be sane at 40, but it took seven more years of research for me to reach a point where I was like, “OK, this is not working”.’

‘I have to say that things have got increasingly better and better and better the longer I’ve been sober.’

George’s first plans for the home were rejected by the council around seven years ago before a compromise was made.

According to ES: Documents filed in 2013 by Soho-based Syte Architects penned: ‘The house does not benefit from a great deal of natural light into its interior.

‘Its frontage is orientated to the north-east. The rear has a southwesterly orientation but a combination of factors mean that the interior often suffers from poor levels and quality of natural lighting.’

‘The proposed extension has been designed to create living spaces with a greater sense of connection to the garden and better levels of natural light. These spaces will have a different atmosphere and character to the internal spaces in the existing house.’

A place of calm: The bathrooms are decorated in a chic minimal style

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