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Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch show off renovations at new house as they reveal project’s strain on marriage

ABBEY Clancy and Peter Crouch have shown off the renovations at their new house as they revealed the project’s strain on their marriage.

The couple, who co-present The Therapy Crouch podcast, regularly delve into the ups and downs of married life.

Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch have shown off the renovations at their new house Source: instagram/@abbeyclancy
The couple, who co-present The Therapy Crouch podcast, regularly delve into the ups and downs of married life Source: Getty

The pair sold their Surrey home and temporarily moved to their house in Portugal while looking for their new home in the UK.

However they admitted during this week’s episode of their podcast, that the undertaking has caused tension in their marriage.

The makeover has been hit by frustrating delays as their builder waits for materials — and Abbey revealed Peter accused her of throwing a ‘hissy fit’ over the delays.

Abbey said: “You just got a bit p****d off at me then when you thought I was throwing a hissy fit for it not being done.

‘SO UPSET’

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HOUSE PROUD

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Their windows look onto a huge garden Source: instagram/@abbeyclancy
Their master bathroom is lavish Source: instagram/@abbeyclancy
A new marble floor has been laid in the bathroom Source: instagram/@abbeyclancy
Peter explained he could see Abbey was upset Source: YouTube

Peter replied: “No, I wasn’t really, babe. I could see you were upset.”

“No, no, you left me. You walked out,” argued Abbey.

Peter said: “No, because you I could see you know when things stressed you out sometimes you you it creeps into every how you speak to people I think and it was creeping in so I left, because you were angry about the situation you I could see you potentially taking out on me.”

Abbey also said she was “brokenhearted” that the family won’t be in their new home for Christmas due to the setbacks but that mice had already moved in.

She exclaimed: “I don’t want a mouse in my house and also they’re in there and not me! I have house envy of these mice.”

However, the couple are delighted with their new home and explained it just “feels like home, even though it’s still a building site.”

Peter explained: “I’m blown away every time I go there, I just think Oh My God it will be beautiful and we’re very blessed.”

Abbey has posted a sneak preview of the renovations being done on her Instagram.

It includes a luxurious master bedroom which is neutrally toned and features huge sash windows.

The ensuite has a fireplace and a marble floor installed and looks out onto a huge landscaped garden at the back of the house.

The renovation project will feature heavily in their new documentary called The Crouches which is set to feature on Prime Video.

The couple will also be seen navigating birthdays, weddings and their kids beginning to fly the nest.

The couple have said it will be a “warts and all” look at their lives and will contain moments they may “regret letting the cameras see.”

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Trump to close D.C. golf course for 15 months of renovations

President Trump on Sunday announced plans to close a historic public golf course in the nation’s capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-sought renovation.

Trump posted on social media about his intent to shut the East Potomac Golf Course, not far from the White House, starting Nov. 15 to make it “one of the Best and Most Spectacular Golf Courses anywhere in the World.”

A judge last week, however, ordered a halt to his redevelopment plans until at least Oct. 26 after scolding the government for starting a large-scale tree removal at the course over a holiday weekend while providing little notice to the court or the plaintiffs trying to stop the makeover.

Trump did not acknowledge the legal fight in his post, which included an artist’s rendering for the course redesign.

“When completed, it will be open to the Public while, at the same time, designed to the Highest Level of Golf and able to hold World Class Tournaments such as the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, and the Presidents Cup,” Trump wrote.

Democracy Forward, which is representing the plaintiffs challenging his renovation plans, responded by saying that the course is part of a national park and recreation facility that is meant for everyone to enjoy.

“Our litigation is intended to protect this community jewel for the people and communities it serves and we will continue to work with our plaintiffs to defend it from unlawful and harmful intrusion,” Skye Perryman, the president and chief executive of the group, said in a statement.

The judge in the case took notice of Trump’s online message and ordered the government to notify her by 8 p.m. Eastern time Sunday whether its position had changed from a court filing Friday that said “at most” Trump has given “preliminary thought” to the rebuilding plan and “there is no final agency action.”

Extensive makeover

Trump, a golf aficionado who plays often, already had announced plans to makeover the links as part of his broader project to renovate and refurbish places around Washington, including the White House and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Many of his projects, including plans for a huge ballroom at the White House, the installation of his own name on the Kennedy Center and construction of a massive arch, have been challenged in courts.

The 106-year-old park and course has been the subject of many emergency hearings as the president has sought to renovate it. Although it has been open to Washingtonians of all income levels, opponents of Trump’s plans to turn it into a high-end course have argued that it will alter the character of the space and make it less affordable.

Trump in his post echoed arguments he has made to justify his plans to remake the Kennedy Center, arguing it is in such dangerous condition that it needs to close.

“The current Course is old, broken, dilapidated, and of no further use or effect. It is in very poor condition, with falling, dangerous, and disease infested trees and, importantly, a collapsing and hazardous seawall,” Trump wrote.

Debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing to make way for his ballroom project also has been dumped on the grounds. The National Park Service has said the debris tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals.

Trump also sought to justify the National Park Service’s removal of hundreds of trees that the judge paused, writing in his announcement that when the golf course was originally built, “it was famous for no trees, with views of Washington, D.C., for all to see, but now, it is completely overgrown, dysfunctional, and unsafe.”

Case returns to court

Trump’s post outlining a clear plan for construction complicates a federal court hearing scheduled for Monday in a lawsuit filed by the DC Preservation League and two golfers opposing the construction.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes has ordered key members of the administration to testify on the recent tree cutting and whether those actions are tied to the president’s plans for the historical public links.

The administration on Friday asked for Reyes to be replaced on the case, questioning her impartiality and citing what it called “egregious” behavior from the bench in response to an emergency hearing Oct. 12. Her frustration boiled over in a three-hour hearing when she lambasted the government’s attorney for the lack of notification she and the plaintiffs received before the trees were chopped down.

At the upcoming hearing, the judge is expected to address the request that she step aside. Meanwhile, over the weekend the plaintiffs asked that she grant them a more long-standing preliminary injunction in the case and/or a stay.

Price writes for the Associated Press. AP writer Gary Fields in Washington contributed to this report.

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