Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly 'battling to get their money back' after Portugal holiday homes property company went bust

The pair put down deposits worth £2.5m back in 2015 but their dreams were shattered when the resort went into liquidation a year later.

The pair moved out of their neighbouring homes in the Algarve back in 2016 after the company running the exclusive Keys resort went bust.

They shipped all their belongings back to the UK two years ago after the bad news.

The Mail Online now reports the pair have since been locked in a legal battle over the money they sank into the houses.

The publication reports the telly stars face losing all the deposit money they paid to the developer, Birchview Imobiliaria.


A source told the publication: "It's been a nightmare for them.

"On top of all that Ant has gone through in the past 12 months, what with splitting up with Lisa [wife Lisa Armstrong] and the drink-driving case, he has had this to contend with."

The firm is said to have collapsed owing the state bank Caixa Geral de Depositos around £250 million.




Other investors are also said to face losing large amounts of cash, including fellow telly star Phillip Schofield, who is believed to have also paid a deposit on one of the villas.

Properties at The Keys resort cost around £3.7 million, and the homes snapped up by Ant and Dec are said to have featured two swimming pools, private cinema and even staff quarters.

A representative for Ant and Dec told The Sun Online: "This is an old story from 2016 that was written about extensively at the time".


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