David Beckham House: Inside His £31.5M Holland Park Mansion & Cotswolds Home (2026)

Editor’s note — 5 November 2026: This article has been fully rewritten using only verifiable facts from reputable reporting. Earlier claims that could not be verified — including an outdated net worth figure, a wrong sale price and year for “Beckingham Palace”, invented floor counts and valuations, and several interior details — have been removed or corrected.

Sir David Beckham’s main home is a Grade II-listed Victorian townhouse in Holland Park, west London, bought in 2013 for £31.5 million (around $41 million) and renovated for a reported £8 million more. Alongside it, the Beckhams own a converted-barn country retreat in the Cotswolds and a $72.3 million waterfront mansion in Miami Beach — while the famous “Beckingham Palace” in Hertfordshire was sold more than a decade ago. This is what is actually known — and verified — about David Beckham’s houses.

Who Is David Beckham?

David Robert Joseph Beckham was born on 2 May 1975 in Leytonstone, east London. He became one of the most famous footballers in the world with Manchester United, then played for Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, AC Milan (on loan) and Paris Saint-Germain, winning league titles in four countries. He captained England from 2000 to 2006, earning 115 caps, and retired in 2013. He married Victoria Adams — “Posh Spice” of the Spice Girls — on 4 July 1999; they have four children: Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper. He was appointed OBE in 2003 and knighted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle on 4 November 2025, for services to sport and charity. He is co-owner of Inter Miami CF, the Major League Soccer club he helped found.

His fortune has grown sharply since retirement. The Sunday Times Rich List in May 2026 put David and Victoria Beckham’s combined wealth at £1.185 billion (around $1.58 billion), calling him Britain’s first billionaire sportsman; Forbes the same month estimated his own fortune at about $1 billion, driven largely by his Inter Miami stake.

The Holland Park Mansion: £31.5 Million (2013)

The Beckhams’ main home is a five-storey, Grade II-listed Victorian townhouse in Holland Park, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. They bought it in 2013 for a reported £31.5 million (around $41 million at the time) and spent a reported £8 million more renovating it before moving in around 2016. The house has seven bedrooms, and its reported features include an indoor swimming pool, a wine cellar, a gym and a home cinema. Celebrity interior designers Kelly Hoppen and Rose Uniacke worked on the renovation, according to reporting at the time.

The renovation was not plain sailing. The couple submitted around 50 planning applications to Kensington and Chelsea Council, covering an extended cellar, a gym, a large cinema screen, six renovated bedrooms and air conditioning in five rooms — and some of the plans upset neighbours on the street, which is also home to Sir Elton John, Robbie Williams and Simon Cowell. The house sits in a quiet, tree-lined part of Holland Park, between Notting Hill and Kensington, close to Kensington High Street and the 54-acre Holland Park itself, with its Japanese garden and summer opera season. Later valuations of the house have been reported at around £40–50 million, though no sale has ever tested that figure.

“Beckingham Palace”: The Hertfordshire Mansion (1999–2014)

Before Holland Park, the Beckhams’ most famous home was Rowneybury House in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire — nicknamed “Beckingham Palace” by the press, a play on their surname and Buckingham Palace. They bought the 1930s Georgian-style house, a former council-owned children’s home set in 24 acres, in October 1999 for £2.5 million (around $3.3 million), a few months after their wedding. The seven-bedroom house became their main UK home for years, and they spent a reported £3 million more on renovations, including themed rooms, a maze and a swimming pool.

After the family moved to the United States in 2007, the house was used less and less. They put it up for sale in 2013 and sold it in 2014 to insurance businessman Neil Utley and his wife Narmali for £11.35 million — the house and 17 acres of grounds — a profit of about £8.85 million on the purchase price.

The Cotswolds Farmhouse: £6.15 Million (2016)

The Beckhams’ country retreat is a converted farmhouse in the village of Great Tew, near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. They bought three Grade II-listed barns there in December 2016 for £6.15 million, according to Land Registry records reported by the Evening Standard, and converted them into a family home — David Beckham has described restoring the derelict barns himself in interviews. The property sits near the Soho Farmhouse members’ club, in a village of fewer than 200 people, and is now reported to be worth around £12 million.

The estate has a tennis court, a swimming pool, a football pitch, a treehouse, an Estonian sauna and a “fairy tale garden” designed by three-time Chelsea Flower Show winner Marcus Barnett. Beckham also keeps bees and chickens there, and the family spent much of the first Covid lockdown at the farmhouse. The couple’s building plans have repeatedly annoyed neighbours, though: since 2016 they have added a driveway and gates, a garage outbuilding, a tennis court, a treehouse and a landscaped kidney-shaped pond, and in 2026 neighbours objected to plans for lighting around the pond, with one comparing the proposal to Blackpool illuminations.

Other Homes in the Portfolio

Miami: Penthouse Sold, Mansion Bought

The Beckhams’ American base has shifted from a penthouse to a mansion. In 2020, through their company Beckham Brand Limited, they bought a full-floor penthouse on the 59th floor of One Thousand Museum in downtown Miami — the 62-storey tower designed by the late Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid — for $19.8 million (around £15 million). The roughly 9,200-square-foot apartment had five bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms. In February 2026 they sold it for $24.6 million (around £18.5 million), a profit of about $4.8 million.

They had already upgraded. In late 2024 they bought a waterfront mansion on North Bay Road in Miami Beach for $72.3 million (around £55 million) — a record price for that street. The roughly 14,000-square-foot, nine-bedroom house sits on a gated half-acre plot with 124 feet of Biscayne Bay frontage, an infinity pool and a private dock. Miami matters to the family because David Beckham co-owns Inter Miami CF, whose stadium project, Miami Freedom Park, is under way in the city.

Beverly Hills: Bought 2007, Sold 2018

When David Beckham joined LA Galaxy in 2007, the family bought an Italian-style villa in Beverly Hills for $18.2 million (around £14 million). The 11,497-square-foot house had six bedrooms and nine-and-a-half bathrooms, an elevator, a library and a combined media and music room. They sold it in an off-market deal in 2018 for $33 million (around £25 million) — nearly double what they paid.

Dubai, Spain and France

In 2003 the couple bought a villa on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah for $1.6 million (around £1.2 million); in 2009 they gifted it to Victoria’s parents. They are also widely reported to own an apartment in the Burj Khalifa, reportedly bought in 2009 for around $5 million. During David’s Real Madrid years they owned a five-bedroom Tuscan-style villa in La Moraleja, Madrid, bought in 2005; it sat empty for eight years after he left Spain and was sold for $5.2 million. In 2003 they also bought a six-bedroom villa in Bargemon in the south of France for around $1.9 million, spending a reported $6.2 million on renovations before putting it up for sale. During his brief spell at Paris Saint-Germain in 2013, the family rented in Paris rather than buying.

David Beckham House: At a Glance

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does David Beckham live now?

The Beckhams’ main home is their Holland Park townhouse in west London, bought in 2013 for £31.5 million. They also spend time at their converted-barn farmhouse in the Cotswolds and at their $72.3 million waterfront mansion in Miami Beach.

How much did David Beckham pay for his Holland Park house?

£31.5 million in 2013, plus a reported £8 million on renovations before the family moved in around 2016. Later valuations have been reported at around £40–50 million, though the house has never been put up for sale.

What happened to “Beckingham Palace”?

Rowneybury House in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire — nicknamed “Beckingham Palace” — was bought by the Beckhams in 1999 for £2.5 million and sold in 2014 to insurance businessman Neil Utley for £11.35 million.

Does David Beckham still own the Miami penthouse?

No. The Beckhams sold their One Thousand Museum penthouse in February 2026 for $24.6 million, having bought it for $19.8 million in 2020. They now own a $72.3 million mansion on North Bay Road in Miami Beach, bought in late 2024.

What is David Beckham’s net worth?

The Sunday Times Rich List in May 2026 put David and Victoria Beckham’s combined wealth at £1.185 billion (around $1.58 billion), making him Britain’s first billionaire sportsman. Forbes the same month estimated his own fortune at about $1 billion.

Conclusion

From a £2.5 million Hertfordshire mansion bought months after their wedding to a £31.5 million London townhouse, a £6.15 million Cotswolds barn conversion and a $72.3 million Miami Beach mansion, the Beckhams’ homes track one of the most successful post-football careers in British sport. The Holland Park house anchors the family in London, the Cotswolds farmhouse is their countryside escape, and Miami Beach is now their American base — while “Beckingham Palace”, the home that made their property portfolio famous, has belonged to someone else for more than a decade. What is certain is the scale of the buying — and that, in May 2026, the couple’s wealth passed £1 billion, with Sir David Beckham becoming Britain’s first billionaire sportsman.