Christian Candy sells ‘Candyland’ estate for £125m

Christian Candy has sold his luxury estate just west of London for about £125m. Candy bought the main property on his Surrey estate, Cheval Manor, in 2015 for £29m, according to Land Registry documents. He subsequently acquired a series of neighbouring plots and properties, all of which connect to form the sprawling estate dubbed “Candyland”. The luxury real estate developer has been looking to sell for as long as three years and was believed to be hoping for £140m from the sale. It is thought that the eventual buyer was from the Middle East. In 2021, Candy secured planning permission to build a network of underground tunnels connecting parts of the estate, including a basement equipped to house a collection of almost 60 cars. The FT (£)