Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash have announced they are moving out of Pickle Cottage after five years. The couple moved into the Essex mansion in 2021 and married there the following year. Stacey has now said they have bought a new home "further out" where they intend to grow their own vegetables and have space to rescue animals.
Why they are leaving
In a video, Solomon said: "We are leaving Pickle Cottage. We're moving out of Pickle Cottage, which I never, ever thought I'd say, imminently. The reason that we haven't said anything up until this point is because anyone who's ever moved before knows what it's like, you don't know if it's going to happen until it actually happens."
"Leaving Pickle Cottage was a massive, massive decision for us, we had a lot of people we need to speak to, we had to get the kids around to the idea. We needed to speak to all of our lovely neighbours, our lovely friends in the area."
"Even the thought of selling Pickle Cottage felt impossible. We've just waited until someone amazing came along and fell in love with Pickle Cottage."
"Pickle Cottage is our dream house. As soon as we moved there we fell in love with it, I still love it so, so much. It's a really special place to us, I gave birth to both the girls there, we got married there."
A new project further out
Swash added: "It's the best for our family." Solomon explained: "I especially, and Joe in the last few years has got on board with me, always wanted to rescue more animals, grow more vegetables. We've always been thinking if there was ever a chance to move further out and get a bit more land then we would consider it."
"We saw somewhere, found somewhere, and we could have a massive vegetable patch, offer our land to animals who need it. We could bring the horses back there. We went to see it."
Swash admitted moving was not an easy decision for the couple as they had built their lives at Pickle Cottage, but they believe their new home will allow the family to "flourish". Solomon added: "It's a project. We're moving somewhere really different and it does need a lot of love. I loved bringing Pickle Cottage back to life, everything I did there, I loved. I'm excited to do that all again somewhere else."
Family timeline
Solomon and Swash began dating in 2016 and married at Pickle Cottage in July 2022. They are parents to Rex, seven, Rose, four, and Belle, three. Solomon is also mother to Zachary, 18, with her ex-boyfriend Dean Cox and Leighton, 14, with her former fiancé Aaron Barnham. Swash is also father to his son Harry from his previous relationship with Emma Sophocleous.
