Overview

• Speaking publicly for the first time since the sale, McCloud described the Chesil Cliff House project as a disaster that illustrates the risks of overextending on self-builds.
• He said the outcome brings mixed emotions but could offer resolution for Edward and Hazel Short and their daughters after years under a heavy burden.
• Savills confirmed the five-bedroom clifftop property sold in October 2024 after being marketed at £5.25 million, following an earlier £10 million listing in 2022 and a later relisting by debt collectors.
• Edward Short has called the sale closure and acknowledged the build as a financial failure after multi‑million‑pound overruns.
• The decade-plus effort left Short an estimated £7 million in debt and contributed to the breakdown of his marriage, leading fans to dub it the show’s ‘saddest ever’ build.