Where do the Beckhams live? Inside David and Victoria's English houses

Having lived abroad for many years the Beckham family set down permanent roots in England again in 2014, spending an estimated £4 million renovating a Grade II-listed house in Holland Park. The project was originally given to Kelly Hoppen, before the baton was passed to Rose Uniacke, the queen of serene, refined spaces – a choice concurrent with Victoria's shift in personal style. According to Vogue, the project spawned 50 planning applications. In 2016, the family bought a £12 million converted barn in the heart of the Cotswolds, with both regularly posting idyllic family gatherings on their Instagram feeds, and which featured quite a bit in their new Netflix documentary, Beckham by Fisher Stevens.

In December 2018, David Beckham revealed that he had bought an Estonian igloo/sauna for his Cotswolds estate – the perfect idea for the man who has everything. The house is near Chipping Norton and a stone's throw away from the celebrity-beloved Soho Farmhouse. It's also close to Prince Harry and Meghan's rented country retreat on the Great Tew Estate.

The garden features a swimming pool, set within a stone wall and with lovely soft planting surrounding it.

Of course, another key garden feature for the former England captain is a football pitch in the garden.

Not happy with the garden's extensive features already, the family added beekeeping to the list of activities they could enjoy whilst in their countryside idyll.

This video of David getting hands-on in setting up the beekeeping operation shows off the family's outdoor dining room well, with a bed of blooming flowers nearby for colour.

The youngest member of the Beckham clan also made use of the Cotswold house being right on the doorstep of nature over lockdown, painting scenes of the bucolic vistas right outside their door.

David prefers the backdrop for photoshoots to exemplify his new cottage-core lifestyle.

Move over Sporty Spice! When in the countryside, VB likes to stay active and this bike shot shows the traditional Cotswold stone exterior of the house, complete with some pretty climbing plants.

We can't be certain that this shot of Romeo Beckham is taken inside the Cotswold house, however we can be pretty sure given that the rustic wood panelled walls are in keeping with other glimpses we've seen. If so, the family has great taste in rugs and a Tracey Emin artwork on the wall.

Romeo likes an outfit post as much as his mother, but prefers a mirror shot surrounded by the patina of the wall panels instead.

Look closely at the background and you'll see that the kitchen in their Cotswold house has a pizza oven. The walls are exposed stone and there is a dresser with ceramics to the left.

From the scale of this room glimpsed in Victoria's birthday Instagram for her son Romeo, we're guessing this is their Cotswolds pile, bought at the beginning of 2017.

The house which features most often on the family's Instagram is their Holland Park mansion, seen here being decorated for Halloween by David himself. This west London neighbourhood with its white wedding-cake houses is home to many of the city's super-rich inhabitants.

The exterior is quite impressive, with a portico to cover the entrance, double doors and a balustrade.

An austere stone staircase in the London house leads down to a classic checkerboard-tiled hallway - perfect for outfit poses.

See? Perfect for outfit poses.

Naturally Victoria has a closet to die for, and we catch a glimpse of it here as she contemplates shoe colours. We wish we had room for that delightful little green sofa in our wardrobes...

The Beckham patriarch's Instagram frequently features his adventures in cooking, in which he is often accompanied by good friend Gordon Ramsay. We can only admire his expert pancake-flipping skills, and that rather impressive hob.

A wider shot of that black kitchen (with a cute dining area near the window) as David extracts a flawless chicken and leek pie from the oven.

David isn't the only expert in the kitchen - Harper Beckham is getting hands on with that beautiful oven as well.

The house comes complete with a very sweet city garden plentifully endowed with lanterns and fairy lights, and a tipi for the children to hang out in while David whips up breakfast.

Another garden shot, in which we see fencing cleverly disguised with climbing greenery, and what looks like a classic white bistro dining set in the background.

Back inside the house, the Beckhams' youngest child Harper takes a quiet moment on a very solid wooden dining table, prettily decorated with small vases of flowers.

A white sofa is a risky choice, but if anyone can manage it, it's the immaculate Victoria, here seen curling up with her boys for a quiet night at home.

David drinks wine in the pool of the couple's Oxfordshire home.

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