Cowell digs himself into a hole with £40m des res in London
HE IS famous for his biting remarks about contestants on his talent shows.
But X-Factor and Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell has made his biggest put-down to date – £40million on a Grade II-listed home in west London.
The house will include an underground swimming pool, mini-spa and car park for six vehicles. A vast underground extension – today's must-have accessory for the super-rich – is under construction, leaving the site looking more like a huge hole in the ground.
Cowell may be the man audiences love to groan over for his devastating criticisms of contestants' acts, but the purchase underlines his huge earning power as a TV personality, producer and music publisher.
Two years ago, Cowell, 48, paid £21.7 million income tax in the UK at the rate of 40 per cent, it is reported. Last year in the US, he was estimated to be the third-largest earner on American television, just ahead of comedian and TV host David Letterman.
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But X-Factor and Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell has made his biggest put-down to date – £40million on a Grade II-listed home in west London.
The house will include an underground swimming pool, mini-spa and car park for six vehicles. A vast underground extension – today's must-have accessory for the super-rich – is under construction, leaving the site looking more like a huge hole in the ground.
Cowell may be the man audiences love to groan over for his devastating criticisms of contestants' acts, but the purchase underlines his huge earning power as a TV personality, producer and music publisher.
Two years ago, Cowell, 48, paid £21.7 million income tax in the UK at the rate of 40 per cent, it is reported. Last year in the US, he was estimated to be the third-largest earner on American television, just ahead of comedian and TV host David Letterman.
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