Kerry Katona sells home she shared with ex Mark Croft for £200,000 loss

By Daily Mail Reporter


Loss: Financially-troubled Kerry Katona has sold her Cheshire home at a £200,000 loss


She is drug-free, living a fit and healthy lifestyle and enjoying a career revival.

So it understandable that Kerry Katona would want to be free once and for all from the home she shared with the man she blames for the darkest period in her life, ex Mark Croft.

Kerry has finally sold the Wilmslow mansion the couple lived in during their marriage, but the financially-troubled star has suffered a £200,000 loss on the sale.


The 30-year-old Dancing On Ice contestant purchased the Cheshire mansion in 2007 for £1,225,000, according to the Mirror.

She is finally rid of the home, filled with painful memories, but made a substantial loss in the deal after accepting £1,025,000.

The reality star is currently renting a £3 million mansion in Surrey for a staggering £5,500 a month.

Bad memories: Kerry shared the mansion in Wilmslow with her ex-husband Mark Croft

'Dark days': Kerry and Mark split in 2009


The six-bedroom boasts an indoor swimming pool, gym, spa and cinema room.

She moved into the house in February after agreeing to share the rent with her management Can Associates and the move was chronicled in her ITV2 show Kerry Katona: The Next Chapter.

Kerry sold her five-bedroom, red-brick pile in Wilmslow to footballer Glenn Whelan, the Mirror reports.

It holds bad memories for the star - the bathroom was the setting of her infamous cocaine-snorting video in 2009 and in 2007 she was held captive in the house by three armed burglars.

A spokesperson for Katona was unavailable for comment.



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'I didn't want to be known as Mr Katona': Kerry's ex Dan Foden on why he split from reality star

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Split: Kerry Katona's ex Dan Foden reveals he broke up with the reality star because he 'can't live in that showbiz bubble'


He may have made a name for himself as a contestant on Take Me Out, but Kerry Katona's ex says he couldn't handle living his life in the 'showbiz bubble.'

After the pair's split, the 27-year-old has opened up about his discomfort with the constant attention, Kerry's 'fake' friends and their relationship away from the media.

'I've been to university, I'm a qualified chartered surveyor. I don't want to give that up just be known as Mr Kerry Katona,' Dan insists.


In an interview with Reveal, Foden says: 'I feel really sorry for Kerry. She's a great girl, but I honestly think she's really lonely and a bit homesick. Everything she says seems to be geared towards publicity, but I find it embarrassing. I don't want to do any of that.

He adds: 'When I started seeing her, I was just concentrating on Kerry. I'd met someone new and it was nice. Kerry is a lovely girl. But I'm just a normal bloke. I'm not the next Jack Tweed.'

The former dating show contestant also blames Kerry's life in the spotlight for the reason for the split. 'Kerry's world is just too mad,' he told the magazine. She's a lovely girl, but I can't live in that showbiz bubble.'

Romance: The surveyor, pictured with Katona in March, says he feels that her life is all about publicity, 'I found it embarrassing'


'We'd only been on one or two dates but next things I know I'm her boyfriend. There was no grey period.

'There was no getting to know each other... If you're seeing Kerry there's no way you can be normal.'

'I really wasn't comfortable. Kerry told me: "Just don't do anything different, be yourself". But I was mindful of everyone watching us. It was awkward.'

When we were on our own, inside the four walls, things were great. We have a similar sense of humour and had a good laugh.

Single again: Kerry, pictured earlier this month, has been concentrating on her reality show since splitting from Dan


'I think she's a great girl but it's a total clash of worlds and I couldn't see it working out.'

Dan's account of being uncomfortable in front of the cameras appears to clash with a tabloid paper's recent allegations that he was only dating the mother-of-four to raise his profile.

The News Of The World claimed earlier this month that Warrington-born Dan was still in a secret relationship with girlfriend Katie Wray and was using Katona to find fame and launch a modelling career.

The paper quoted Dan telling pals: ‘It’s all made up rubbish. I’ve not been s****ing her. I’ve got this model thing, that’s all I want to do.’

‘If it f*****g gets me where I need to get I will do, won’t I?’

Read the full interview in Reveal magazine, on sale now.



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Kerry Katona, her girls enjoy a day at Alton Towers

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Girls day out: Kerry Katona took her daughters Molly and Lilly-Sue for a day at Alton Towers resort


On a family trip to an amusement park, there are a lot of factors to consider, such as who will hold the bags while everyone is on the rides, who will take the photographs to capture the family outing.

Kerry Katona and her daughters had no such problem when they visited Alton Towers resort this week.

The trio were trailed by their ever-present film crew, who helpfully chronicled every fun-filled moment for Katona's ITV2 reality series.


Scream if you wanna go faster: Kerry and ten-year-old Molly went on the rides during their visit to the amusement park


Kerry treated her two eldest children, Molly, nine, and Lilly-Sue, eight, to a day at the amusement park, where the screamed themselves silly on the roller-coasters.

The 30-year-old was stylish for the girls day out in a khaki skinny trousers, brogues and a leather jacket.


Big kid: Katona appeared to be having just as much fun as her daughters as their day was captured by film crew


The trio left Kerry's other children, Heidi, four, and Max, who turns three today, at home for their outing, which fans will be able to watch in an upcoming episode of her fly-on-the-wall show Kerry Katona: The Next Chapter.

The series follows Kerry rebuilding her life and career after getting clean from drugs, including her stint on Dancing On Ice.

Perhaps Kerry just wanted some quality time with her girls in the midst of all the news stories circulating about the men in her life.


Forgetting her troubles: Kerry didn't appear upset by the recent speculation that her boyfriend Dan Foden was using her for fame and money


Kerry Katona - The Next Chapter:06 April 2011 Full Show



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