Stacey Solomon buys new £2m mansion on her own – with no cash from ‘husband’ Joe Swash

STACEY Solomon and Joe Swash left fans stunned earlier this month when they packed up dream home Pickle Cottage and swapped it for a huge new project in Essex – but that wasn’t the last of the surprises to come. Two years ago The Sun told how Stacey, 36 – who has been announced as a new host of The Voice UK alongside Alesha Dixon – was the sole owner of Pickle Cottage and splashed out £1.3million on the property in 2021. Stacey and Joe packed up the family earlier this month and moved to a new Essex home worth more than £2million Credit: Instagram The Sun can reveal that Stacey – pictured with Joe in one of the bathrooms at the new property – is the sole owner, just as she was with their previous home Credit: Instagram And we can reveal that, once again, the former X Factor finalist bought their new home, worth more than £2million, by herself without the help of Joe, 44. A well-placed insider told us: “Stacey’s a canny businesswoman and was also the sole owner of Pickle Cottage, which sold for over £1million, so it made sense she’d buy the new home on her own. Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! “She even got some money knocked off the official asking price. She paid over £2m for the new Essex mansion – but she’s worth over £10m so that’s not even a dent in her bank balance.” The Sun has reached out to Stacey’s reps for comment. Stacey bought Pickle Cottage for £1.3million back in 2021 Credit: Instagram The couple, pictured with their three youngest children, are not legally married despite a huge wedding in their garden in 2022 Credit: Instagram Earlier this year The Sun told how Stacey – who it was previously revealed is not legally married to former EastEnders star Joe despite a lavish wedding at Pickle Cottage – had hit the £10million mark in her business empire. The former Loose Women panellist runs a firm called Keymap Entertainment Ltd that takes in cash from her media and lucrative ad deals. And figures published in February revealed the firm is worth £10.1m for 2025 – up from £7.4m in the previous year. She has £7.5m tied up in investments and £1.6m in cash. Most read in Showbiz Stacey’s TV career and empire is going from strength to strength and earlier this year she hit the £10m mark Credit: Getty Images for The NTA's Meanwhile it was previously revealed Joe’s Channel 4 show Batch from Scratch was axed after just one series Credit: PA Pickle Cottage and the new home – dubbed Pickle Farm by some fans – are not the only property moves Stacey has made in the last few years. According to her accounts, in 2022/23, the business acquired a further £800,000 in homes. And by 2023/24, the firm had scooped up £1 million worth of property. Meanwhile, twice-bankrupt Joe has been trying to carve out a new path for himself 18 years after leaving EastEnders. The couple star together in BBC reality show Stacey & Joe while she is also the face of successful makeover programme Sort Your Life Out. But he was dealt a disappointing blow earlier this year when The Sun revealed his Channel 4 show Batch from Scratch: Cooking For Less was axed after just one series. Despite a huge publicity drive with co-host and batch cooking guru Suzanne Mulholland, Joe never quite found his feet as a safe telly chef when the programme launched last Spring. A source at the time said: “The chemistry between him and Suzanne on screen was non-existent and he just isn’t an authority on food. “It’s tough as everything his wife Stacey touches turns to gold and Joe is constantly playing catch up.” Comment now