Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has revealed a rare look inside her sprawling English countryside retreat nearly one year to the day after she and wife Portia de Rossi sensationally quit their U.S. abodes to relocate to the U.K. full time.
Former TV host DeGeneres, 67, and de Rossi, 52, who are renowned for their lucrative home-flipping side hustle, wasted no time in transferring that hobby to their new home country, where they bought two multimillion-dollar rural abodes within a matter of months.
The second of those purchases—an incredibly modern glass-walled farmhouse—now serves as their primary residence, with the comedian offering a quick peek inside the property in a new Instagram video.
DeGeneres’ clip showed the couple’s newest addition, an adorable puppy called Sport, getting to know their other dog, Kid, inside the main living area of the elegant property, showing off the incredible glass wall that opens up to an enormous and very well manicured backyard.
The open-plan space features a large glass table adorned with books, candles, and other decorative knickknacks, as well as a huge dining table with enough space to seat up to eight guests.
Her living room meanwhile, features several seating areas, including a fluffy beige couch, and plenty of storage space.
The camera pans around the room as the two dogs chase one another around the various furniture, racing across several patterned rugs that have been laid down atop the concrete floors.
Exposed wooden beams can be seen on the ceiling, while the back of the property features another glass wall that appears to open up to a small courtyard area.
De Rossi can be seen at one point wearing a casual outfit, complete with rain boots, giggling at the dogs as they run rampant around the space.
In her caption, DeGeneres—who introduced Sport to her followers earlier this month—paid tribute to the couple’s late pup, Augie, noting how much happiness their new puppy has brought into their lives since their loss in May.
“They’ve finally figured it out. We’ve all been sad since losing Augie. Sport has brought so much joy into the house and it makes us so happy to see Kid play again, even though he has a very unique style of play,” she said.
It marks the latest of only a handful of occasions that DeGeneres has shared a glimpse inside the property, which she quietly purchased soon after completing renovations on her first U.K. farmhouse, which was a much more traditional abode made of Cotswold stone.
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal in July, DeGeneres explained that she and her spouse made the decision to purchase a second home because it offered more space for de Rossi’s horses, which the couple had flown over to the U.K. after deciding to make the country their full-time home.
“When we decided to live here full time, we knew that Portia couldn’t live without her horses,” she said. “We needed a home that had a horse facility and pastures for them.”
The dwelling boasts five bedrooms and a Japanese-style courtyard at its center. The immaculately landscaped yard leads down to rolling fields where de Rossi’s horses can graze and run.
Initially, the duo had only been planning to reside in the U.K. part-time, using their original farmhouse as more of a vacation home—until, that is, they learned that Donald Trump had claimed victory in the 2024 presidential election, news that made them rethink their decision to live in the U.S. at all.
DeGeneres revealed during a July conversation with broadcaster Richard Bacon that she and de Rossi had arrived in England the day before the election with the aim of spending three or four months at the $20 million farmhouse they had already purchased in the British countryside.
As reported by the BBC, when Bacon asked DeGeneres if her move was prompted by Trump’s reelection, the comedian and former TV host responded: Yes.
“We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, ‘He got in,'” she explained. “And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.'”
After realizing that they wanted to lay down permanent roots in the U.K., they quickly determined that their original home would no longer accommodate their needs—despite spending months carrying out an extensive renovation of the dwelling before moving in.
They have since put their first home on the market for the sky-high price of $30 million.
In a past listing, the property was described as “an eco-farmhouse with the perfect modern rustic interior.” However, DeGeneres and de Rossi’s listing agent, Andrew Barnes, noted to The Wall Street Journal that the farm was somewhat “tired” when the couple purchased it.
However, that didn’t stop DeGeneres from falling in love with the home—reportedly paying around $3.3 million over the asking price to secure the dwelling, then enlisting a team of 70 workers to rush through renovations so it would be ready for her and de Rossi as soon as possible.
The Journal reported that DeGeneres and de Rossi were originally given an 18-month timeline in which contractors believed the renovations could be completed—so they brought in “about 70 workers” who were able to finish the work in about 10 weeks, to the tune of about $9 million.
Yet DeGeneres and de Rossi would end up spending just a matter of weeks living in the completed dwelling before moving on to their current home, which is located about 30 minutes away and has a more Malibu-esque aesthetic than the traditional stone dwelling they first purchased.
Its incredibly modern design is in stark contrast to the traditional farmhouse that is now on the market. That dwelling dates to the 1700s and offers six bedrooms, as well as a party barn with its very own pub—ideal for anyone with a passion for entertaining who wishes to host friends away from prying eyes.
Fortunately, DeGeneres and de Rossi have ample experience when it comes to buying and selling, having amassed an estimated $190 million fortune from their home-flipping projects over the years.
Since the mid-2000s, the duo has owned more than 34 homes in the U.S., almost all of which they have flipped for a profit, in some cases carrying out renovations and putting the dwellings back on the market within a matter of months.
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