Wayne and Coleen Rooney 'bank £3.7M from the sale of their 5-bed pad'

Wayne and Coleen Rooney ‘sell their lavish 5-bed pad for £3.7M’… months after the family upgraded to their £20m Cheshire ‘Morrisons Mansion’

Wayne and Coleen Rooney have reportedly pocketed £3.7M from the sale of their former 5-bedroom Cheshire home.

The couple, both 36, bought the plot of land for £1.5million in 2005, before custom building the family home.

And they quietly sold the lavish pad back in May, months after moving into a brand new £20million Cheshire mega-mansion – which they dubbed the ‘Morrisons Mansion’.

Raking it in: Wayne and Coleen Rooney, both 36, have reportedly banked £3.7M from the sale of their lavish 5-bed pad… months after the family upgraded to their £20m Cheshire ‘Morrisons Mansion’

According to Land Registry documents obtained by The Sun, the property sold for £3.7million back in spring.

While a source told the publication: ‘They were sad to sell it but their new house is so amazing they had no reason to keep it.’

MailOnline have contacted representatives of Wayne and Coleen for comment. 

Wayne and Coleen are parents to four children; Kai, 12, Klay, nine, Kit, six, and Cass, four – with the abode providing enough space for the whole family, and more.

As their new home boasts a snooker room, a home cinema, indoor swimming pool, an underground spa, wine cellar, a stable area with space for 14 horses, and, a football pitch for his sons – it’s unlikely that the family are missing their former house.

Sold up: The couple bought the plot of land for £1.5million, before custom building the family home (the home pictured in 2010)

No reasion: While a source told The Sun: ‘They were sad to sell it but their new house is so amazing they had no reason to keep it’

The pad, which sits in its own secluded spot in 40 acres of countryside, is on the flightpath to Manchester Airport with planes flying directly over it.

Situated behind a lake, a bridge leads to the manor – known as the ‘Morrisons mansion’ – due to its similarity to the supermarket chain.

The family were initially set to move into the mansion back in 2020, but were set back due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

New home: Wayne and Coleen have moved into a brand new £20million Cheshire mega-mansion – which they dubbed the ‘Morrisons Mansion’ (pictured)

Doting parents: Wayne and Coleen are parents to four children; Kai, 12, Klay, nine, Kit, six, and Cass, four

But Coleen and Wayne ran into some issues when renovating the property, running into issues from birds, so they installed an airport-style automatic ‘bird-scarer’ to prevent grass seeds from being eaten.

But blasts from the gas-powered scarer every 20 minutes annoyed the well-heeled neighbours in the Cheshire countryside, who became fed up with the drawn-out construction work.

Another bugbear for local residents was the state-of-the art security precautions around the property.

Several objected to the erection of a 9ft tall security fence ringing the estate, branding it an eyesore which would ‘urbanise’ the rural area. The planners sided with the Rooneys.

Back in the day: The couple began working on their first home back in 2005 (pictured together that year)

The couple were previously accused of turning a picturesque village into a ‘footballers’ housing estate’ as a parish council takes a swipe at their mansion.

Without naming the famous couple, the local council previously urged planning authorities to oppose the neighbouring application to ‘prevent the conversion of this part of Cheshire into a footballers’ housing estate’. 

The surrounding villages in Cheshire are popular with players from Manchester City and Manchester United, including Raheem Sterling, John Stones and Kyle Walker, Harry Maguire, Marcus Rashford, and Luke Shaw, as well as Liverpool and Everton players Jordan Pickford and Jordan Henderson. 

Everything and more: Their new home boasts a snooker room, a home cinema, indoor swimming pool, an underground spa, wine cellar, a stable area with space for 14 horses, and, a football pitch for his sons – it’s unlikely that the family are missing their former house

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