From Humble Beginnings to Glamorous Estates: Comparing Celebrity Super Mansions to Their Childhood Homes, Featuring David Beckham and Princess Kate

MANY people dream of winning the lottery to buy a huge mansion – but for some celebrities that dream became a reality after finding fame.

Before the red carpets, private jets and seven-figure deals, these celebs were living very different lives, with some of them having indeed.

David and Victoria have amassed a huge fortune over their careers through their venturesCredit: Instagram David grew up in this three-bedroom Victorian terraced house in LeytonstoneCredit: WENN The Beckhams now live in a sprawling estate in Oxfordshire, which is said to be worth £12millionCredit: Alamy

These celebrity prove that fame doesn’t just change careers – it transforms lifestyles, and rags to riches can be possible today.

Living a life many people could only dream of, these stars have everything from cinema rooms, pools, tennis courts – and even helipads.

From movie stars to royalty, take a trip down memory lane to see how it really started for the likes of Rihanna and – and how fame completely transformed their living spaces…

David Beckham

They also own this spacious five-storey, seven-bedroom London townhouseCredit: Rex Features

Sir and Lady are one of Britain’s biggest power couples, with

Along with a , and a , which boasts an indoor pool, gym and wine cellar, .

But David, who is dad to , 26, , 23, , 20, and , 14, didn’t always have such a plush home.

In fact, when the former footballer was born, he lived in a modest three-bedroomed mid-terrace property in Leytonstone, north east London, is just a stone’s throw away from a busy dual carriageway and a railway line.

While Posh and Becks have a staggering combined estimated net worth of £500million, this pales into insignificance

Nelson, an American businessman and investor, is thought to have racked up a $1.7billion (£1.3billion) fortune.

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle has come a long way from her aspiring actress days – and now has a £12million mansionCredit: Getty After her parents divorced in 1983, Meghan and her mother Doria moved into an apartment in the Mid-Wilshire neighbourhood of LACredit: thisischriswhite.com Now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex live in a massive nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom mansion in MontecitoCredit: Google Earth

She may be married to a prince and live in a , California, but that wasn’t always the case for .

The Duchess of Sussex‘s upbringing was split between her parents’ homes after their divorce when she was six – and few would have guessed she’d end up one day living in a home fit for royalty.

When she was two, her parents separated and divorced four years later, with Meghan going to live with her mum, , in an , LA.

However, it was recently renovated and put up for rent at $3,950 (£3,000) a month – roughly ten times more than yoga instructor Doria would have paid 30 years ago.

In 2011, shortly after a walk-on role as a FedEx delivery girl in movie Horrible Bosses, aspiring actress Meghan landed her big break as Rachel Zane in Suits and

She met in 2016 following a blind date set up by a mutual friend and got engaged a year later, with the pair relocating to California in 2020, following their 2018 wedding.

Mrs Hinch

Mrs Hinch has boomed in popularity thanks to her cleaning videos on Instagram Sophie Hinchliffe started out in this £600,000 home in Essex, but she has since upgradedCredit: Instagram/Mrs Hinch Home The cleaner now lives in a £1million farmhouse with husband Jamie, and sons Ronnie, Lennie and VinnieCredit: Instagram

Life has certainly been whirlwind in the past few years for cleaning sensation , real name Sophie Hinchliffe, who has gone from a £600,000 home in Essex to a stunning

The mum-of-three has from her social media platforms, with her Instagram page currently boasting 4.8million followers.

Instead of making some cash selling her former pad, the multi-millionaire decided not to sell or rent out the home, and instead gave the keys to “an incredible family” rent-free.

Mrs Hinch’s new pad – known as – boasts five bedrooms, and a large garden, which now houses alpacas and chickens.

Adele

British singer Adele also has an inspiring rags to riches storyCredit: Getty The ‘run down’ South London flat above shops where Adele lived until she was 18Credit: Twitter The Rolling in the Deep singe bought Sylvester Stallone’s house back in 2022 for £46million and then renovated itCredit: BackGrid

Adele may now boast a glamorous property portfolio of £59million – but it was her that remains her favourite.

Before her rise to fame, the singing sensation lived with her mum in a very humble home in London’s West Norwood, which she insists is the “best house” she has ever lived in.

37, who is now said to be and owns homes in London, and Beverley Hills, Los Angeles, has fond memories of the “run down” two-bed flat.

She confessed during an interview that despite living in , she missed the apartment.

Adele, who was raised by her single mum Penny Adkins, lived in the flat from the age of nine, until 2006 at the age of 18.

The flat is situated above a row of shops and a “discount store” on West Norwood high street, which was linked to other apartments via a series of roof terraces.

Speaking to British Vogue as part of their Ultimate British Taste Test, Adele said the small flat she lived in with her mum was the “best house she ever lived in”.

She said: “I grew up in North London, in Tottenham, but we did a few years in South London when I was older,” Adele told the publication.

“It was the best house I’ve ever lived in, it was with my mum.”

Kate Middleton

Princess Kate has gone up in the world being married to the future kingCredit: Getty She grew up in Bradfield Southend, Berkshire, in a four-bedroom homeCredit: PA:Press Association Prince William and Princess Kate now live in Forest Lodge, in Windsor, and hope it’ll be their ‘forever home’Credit: Getty

is married to the future king, but didn’t come from an aristocratic background herself.

The then-Kate Middleton spent the first 13 years of her life in Bradfield Southend, , in a

and her younger siblings, and James, grew up in the snug family home, which her parents bought for £34,700 in 1979.

Despite the future queen spending most of her upbringing in the attic room, which was described as for an adult to stand up in, Kate branded her childhood as “very happy”.

It is understood Kate’s parents and Carole started their now million pound business from the shed.

Once the company Party Pieces started to grow, the family moved to a seven-bed home named Oak Acre, Berks, and then relocated once again in 2012 to a where Mike and Carole still live.

Now Kate calls the eight-bedroom , home, and it is where , and children , and will remain even after he becomes King.

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber is now worth an estimated £200million – but spent his childhood in a three-bedroom houseCredit: GC Images He is said to have spent ’80 percent of his childhood’ in this modest home in OntarioCredit: Splash An aerial view of Justin and Hailey Bieber’s luxurious Beverly Hills home where they have been raising son JackCredit: BackGrid

Since 2020, singer has mainly resided in a £19million mansion in Los Angeles’s gated Beverly Park neighbourhood, with wife and their son Jack.

The super-sized pad boasts seven bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, with the expansive grounds featuring an infinity pool and a tennis court.

But despite the Swag singer being worth an estimated £200million, he actually spent his childhood in a tiny, three-bedroom home in Ontario with his single mum Pattie Mallette and grandparents, until Pattie could afford her own apartment.

The home was later listed for £150,000, after Justin bought his grandparents a bigger home.

Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is one of the world’s most famous footballers – and has come a long way from his childhoodCredit: Getty The home that he grew up in until the age of 13 is now uninhabited in Rosario, ArgentinaCredit: Reuters Lionel Messi rented this extravagant oceanfront Miami mansion in 2021 for around £148,000 a monthCredit: The Mega Agency

Footballer , 38, has lived in some of the world’s most exclusive and luxurious homes, which is no surprise given his £524million fortune.

However, his childhood home – a two-storey pad in the La Bajada neighborhood of Rosario, Argentina – now lies abandoned.

Thanks to the star living there until he was 13, it has become a popular site for fans to visit and leave Argentinian flags.

Now he boasts a , with the sportsman owning mansions in Barcelona, Ibiza and Miami.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is said to own a whopping £111million in real estateCredit: Getty Taylor’s childhood home in Pennsylvania before she moved to Nashville to purse her music careerCredit: The Mega Agency One of Taylor’s many properties is her stunning Rhode Island padCredit: Splash

not only has a number of record-breaking albums under her belt, but also owns £111million in real estate.

The Eras Tour star owns a collection of luxurious homes across the United States, including a New York City penthouse and a Rhode Island mansion.

Her property empire far eclipses the homes she was brought up in, with her spending her early childhood on Pine Ridge Farm, an 11-acre tree farm in Pennsylvania.

The home inspired her “Christmas Tree Farm” and “Seven” songs, which appeared on her Grammy award-winning album “Folklore.”

Taylor later moved to a 3,560-square-foot house in Pennsylvania, before relocating to Nashville so she could pursue her singing career.

Beyonce

Beyonce was officially declared a billionaire by Forbes in December 2025Credit: Getty Beyoncé grew up in this modest detached house in Houston, which has three bedroomsCredit: BackGrid The star bought this mansion in Bel Air with Jay Z in 2017 which has four poolsCredit: Splash News

Music mogul Beyonce, whose career began with R&B group Destiny’s Child before going solo, came from a small picturesque property in Houston with a winding drive, which has three bathrooms and three bedrooms.

While it might not seem so bad, it’s a long way from the dreamy 30,000sq ft mansion she lives in with her family today.

Her pad has eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a home cinema, tennis and basketball courts as well as four pools – in case one wasn’t enough.

Meanwhile, we reported Beyonce and Jay-Z are planning toto build a huge 58-acre estate in the .