A "truly unique" property has hit the market in Lincolnshire: Chunky Muffins, a swingers club listed for £1.1 million. The three-bedroom cottage in Frampton, Lincs., offers residential accommodation alongside extensive commercial facilities and leisure amenities.
The club currently operates as "Lincolnshire's premier swingers venue" and includes games rooms, dungeons and play areas, alongside bars, a jacuzzi and a sauna. Images from its Rightmove listing show stripper poles on dance floors and beds draped in blue plastic sheets.
A unique blend of home and business
Estate agents William H. Brown, which is handling the sale, describes the property as a "truly unique detached three-bedroom cottage" on a substantial plot behind double electric gates. The commercial element includes offices, a triple garage, a single garage and extensive outbuildings currently arranged as a versatile entertainment venue.
Facilities include a spacious bar and entertainment room, games room, lounge, catering kitchen, sauna, changing facilities, shower room with walk-in shower, WCs and stores. Further flexible rooms are available subject to necessary consents.
Outside, there is extensive parking, a heated outdoor swimming pool, a jacuzzi and a handcrafted timber bar, described as an "outstanding space for entertaining." The listing adds that it is "a rare opportunity to acquire a property offering a unique blend of home, business and lifestyle potential."
How the club began
Chunky Muffins is run by husband-and-wife team Neil and Michelle Wright. The name comes from their pet names for each other: "Chunk" for Neil and "Muffin" for Michelle. It began as a private club in 2010 before expanding into a bigger business.
Divisions over expansion
The club has divided residents and local politicians, with some saying they were "morally opposed" to it. A row broke out after the owners applied for a sexual entertainment venue licence in February this year to provide pole dancing, lap dancing, striptease and live sex shows. Objections were lodged, but the licence was approved.
Some locals claimed their peace was disturbed by loud noise from parties, while others called the owners "model neighbours." Joanne Gladski, who lives 13 metres away, said she regularly heard "shouting, screaming, swearing, and loud bass music" from the club. Next-door neighbour Gary Wood disagreed: "We don't get a lot of noise at all. This weekend I could hear people murmuring and laughing. Are we going to ban people from enjoying themselves?"
Owners: "It's a safe place"
At the time, Neil, 61, said: "People really have got the wrong idea of what the club is about. There are no mad orgies. It's a safe place, where consenting adults can meet. It's consenting adults who are expanding their sex lives."
Michelle, 57, said: "We like meeting people. It's a safe place where people can express what they want to express without being judged. Everybody is welcome. Don't be shy, it's not what you think it is. Come and meet some absolutely amazing people."
Why the owners are selling
Neil said the couple were selling up after his recent cancer diagnosis. He said: "The property has a lot of potential and could be used for a variety of purposes - it could stay a swingers' club, be turned into an Airbnb or even a spa. It has only been on the market a week or so and we're mainly just testing the waters to see what interest we get. In the meantime, we'll keep running the place as a swingers' club. We have staff, who are my two daughters, so I don't need to be here necessarily. We used to participate in the swinging lifestyle but we're just hosts now. We've decided to sell up after I was recently diagnosed with cancer. We'd just had the licence approved and we were really busy and then this happened so we've decided to sell. I think it will be a case of downsizing and retiring to the seaside. We were busier than ever and getting lots of interest in our parties. All the coverage around the licence application has seen lots of people looking us up - we had 2,000 views on the website today alone. Beforehand people didn't really know we were there - but now they do. We'll keep it going as long as we can."
