Dianne Buswell and her celebrity partner Chris McCausland are this year’s favourite’s to lift the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball.
And the professional dancer, 35, is certainly reaping the benefits of her prosperous TV career after purchasing a luxury £3.5 million five-bedroom mansion in Brighton with her boyfriend Joe Sugg, 33.
Last year, the couple listed their four-bedroom detached home for £1.35million in 2022 and snapped up the former home of football player Lewis Dunk.
The 7,741 sq ft property now features an indoor heated swimming pool and a gym as well as a huge open plan entrance with a double staircase which leads into a kitchen and lounge area overlooking the garden.
The house also boasts five bathrooms and six reception rooms, with a huge balcony and a sunken outdoor seating area.
Lewis, 33, bought the detached property in West Sussex for £787,500 in 2016, and listed it in 2022 for £3.5 million.
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Dianne Buswell, 35, is certainly reaping the benefits of her Strictly career after purchasing a luxury £3.5 million five-bedroom mansion in Brighton with her boyfriend Joe Sugg, 33
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Last year, the couple listed their four-bedroom detached home for £1.35million and snapped up the former home of football player Lewis Dunk
Four months after moving in, the Premiere League star submitted plans to build a two-storey side extension, lower ground, ground and first floor rear extension and a two storey front extension as well as a detached front garage.
The couple, who met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018, have been giving fans an insight on Instagram.
Joe confirmed they were moving, telling fans their previous home was too big a project to tackle.
‘I’ve been busy behind the scenes doing something,’ he said in a video posted to Instagram. ‘We’re moving the last bits of our stuff because we have moved house.
‘People are like, “What? You’ve moved house? You were only in the last place for two- and a-bit years!” Very true.’
He continued: ‘We loved the last place, but it was a project, it was a big project. We haven’t got the time to take on such a big project, so we found this place, we absolutely fell in love with it and now we are here.’
Australian-born dancer Dianne also shared a video of herself attempting to assemble flat pack furniture in their new home.
In March, it was reported that they had put their four-bedroom detached home on the market for £1.35 million.
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The 7,741 sq ft property now features an indoor heated swimming pool and a gym as well as a huge open plan entrance
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It also has a double staircase which leads into a kitchen and lounge area overlooking the garden
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The house also boasts five bathrooms and six reception rooms, with a huge balcony and a sunken outdoor seating area
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Lewis, 33, bought the detached property in West Sussex for £787,500 in 2016, and listed it last year for £3.5 million (Lewis pictured in April 2023)
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell perform salsa on Strictly
Four months after moving in, the Premiere League star submitted plans to build a two-storey side extension, lower ground, ground and first floor rear extension and a two storey front extension as well as a detached front garage
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The couple, who met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018, have been giving fans an insight on Instagram
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Joe confirmed they were moving, telling fans their previous home was too big a project to tackle
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The couple met on the sixteenth series of the BBC dance show after being partnered together in 2018
They moved into the property at the beginning of 2021, announcing the news with a picture of Sugg holding his girlfriend in the air at the bottom of their new garden.
The couple met on the sixteenth series of the BBC dance show after being partnered together.
They finished runners-up to Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton, who later started dating and welcomed their daughter Minnie earlier this year.
Dianne has talked openly about their own plans to start a family, previously telling Women’s Health: ‘Joe is the most supportive person. I’d love to have a family one day, and I know Joe would love a family too. That would be our dream one day.’
Joe found fame with his ‘ThatcherJoe’ YouTube channel before launching spin-offs ‘ThatcherJoeVlogs’ and ‘ThatcherJoeGames’.
Dianne and her Strictly partner Chris trades at just 1/5 – an implied probability of 83% – to win the programme, having held favouritism since the second week.
Sarah Hadland is deemed the most likely threat to Chris march to glory but is still well adrift in the betting at 9/2, with Tasha Ghouri rounding off the top three at 10/1.
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Dianne and her Strictly partner Chris trades at just 1/5 – an implied probability of 83% – to win the programme, having held favouritism since the second week
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The couple achieved a staggering 37 out of 40 points from the judges after their American Smooth last Saturday
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: ‘There’s no stopping Chris McCausland in the Strictly outright market and the comedian seems to already have one hand on the Glitterball Trophy.
‘Despite there being four weeks left, Chris trades at just 1/5 to win this year’s series, giving him serious breathing space in the betting ahead of Sarah Hadland (9/2) and Tasha Ghouri (10/1).’
In Blackpool last Saturday, Chris and Dianne achieved a staggering 37 out of 40 points from the judges after their American Smooth.
Dianne’s parents have now flown over from Australia to see the pair in action in Saturday’s upcoming show.
