Report - Fairways, Fire Hit Pop Star Mansion, Surrey July 2020

[RXQueen]

Paid a visit to Ronnie Corbetts old house today. He lived there for 33 years and it’s most recent owner was Ortise from the X-Factor group JLS. The property laid empty a while before a suspected arson attack last year days after Ortise was acquitted of a rape charge. Certainly he put his mark on the property , I doubt Ronnie Corbetts taste was tasseled wallpaper, gaudy hot tub and sauna and pole dancer wardrobe. Ronnie sold it for £1.3 million and Ortise purchased for £3 million.

Lovely explore, met some other explorers in there. We chose the long way in legging it over a golf course much to the amusement of old men in funny trousers. The upper floor is absolutely wrecked from the fire but safe enough to go up, there is a basement but it’s pitch black and contained some junk and a boiler. The only place we didn’t find was how to enter the garage.

This is how the property appeared in 2017 on Rightmove https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=55512407&sale=35707257&country=england

 

[westernsultan]

Here's a report on the fire at https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9224568/oritse-williams-home-fire-arson-rape/ and an update at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8556249/JLS-star-Orits-Williams-3m-mansion-remains-derelict-one-year-destroyed-fire.html
The house, known as "Fairways" is in Croydon and was sold by Ronnie Corbett in 2003 for £1.3M to avoid inheritance tax. He sold it to businessman Roy Griffiths. Ortise William bought it in 2013 for £3M

 

[Scoobysrt]

We need proper thread titles please and you need to start putting more details in your reports.

 

[RXQueen]

i thought title was ok without giving location away? can change ‍

 

[derelictth92]

i thought title was ok without giving location away? can change ‍

Why hide it it's a trashed soggy derp

 

[RXQueen]

ok edited a bit

 

[RXQueen]

some places are funny with locations being given away

 

[mookster]

some places are funny with locations being given away

One of the main rules on this forum is that locations must be posted with their actual name and approx location.

 

[oleo.21]

I was one of the others there today that you ran into haha nice pics beat me to a report

 

[RXQueen]

I was one of the others there today that you ran into haha nice pics beat me to a report

look forward to seeing yours, you have a decent kit. i’ve just got my phone

 

[Calamity Jane]

Your right re the gaudy hot tub & wardrobe. That certainly is wreaked. As its so wreaked I expect there was no security?

Im not sure why you didnt name it. If its name is Fairways then its Fairways. Why have you put Tassel above the 1st shot? is that a nick name or old name, just curious.

That fire sure has done a job on this place

 

[RXQueen]

Your right re the gaudy hot tub & wardrobe. That certainly is wreaked. As its so wreaked I expect there was no security?

Im not sure why you didnt name it. If its name is Fairways then its Fairways. Why have you put Tassel above the 1st shot? is that a nick name or old name, just curious.

That fire sure has done a job on this place

i thought i deleted the tassel word. i deleted an earlier line about the tassel wallpaper

i didn’t know it’s name was fairways. i can change that

as for security we didn’t see any but i found out earlier that someone who went this morning was escorted out by the police. even tho it took us much longer i think going in via the back was safer than risking being caught going in the front, left that way tho

 

[Calamity Jane]

i thought i deleted the tassel word. i deleted an earlier line about the tassel wallpaper

i didn’t know it’s name was fairways. i can change that

as for security we didn’t see any but i found out earlier that someone who went this morning was escorted out by the police. even tho it took us much longer i think going in via the back was safer than risking being caught going in the front, left that way tho

Ah so tassel is wallpaper cool. Yep its called Fairways. I havnt bothered as thought more of it was gone tbh, but youve done a good job there. Ronnie Corbett lives in a house for all those years to have it end up like this! Sad. Glad he wasnt around to see this. Well done btw

 

[Scoobysrt]

You know, putting that bit of explanation in and changing the title has totally changed this report to somthing more interesting.
Good on yer.

 

[HughieD]

some places are funny with locations being given away

Rule no.1 - always know the rules of the forum you are posting on...