Michelle Mone has put her £1.5m 'dream' mansion back on the market after abandoning plans to buy her ex-husband out of the property. The bra tycoon's former marital home, a five-bed luxury property in the leafy village of Thorntonhall, Lanarkshire, is up for sale for £1.45m, a drop of £150,000 from its original price. Earlier this year, the 44-year-old - who was last month admitted into the House of Lords as David Cameron's business tsar - said she was buying Michael Mones's share of the property following the break-down of their 19-year marriage. But she later announced she was leaving Scotland and moving to London full-time after claiming she was fed up of abuse from SNP supporters.
Within the property is a 26ft lounge, a 36ft family dining kitchen complete with stainless steel fittings and a cinema which boasts reclining leather seats. There is also a bar converted from a former triple garage, as well as an entertainment system which extends throughout the home.
Security at the property - which also features five en-suite bedrooms - includes panic buttons and a CCTV system that, according to the estate agent's blurb, can be monitored by smartphone from anywhere in the world. There are also his-and-her's basins in the main bathroom.
The house was first put on the market in 2012 for offers of more than £1.6m when the Mones split but it failed to find a buyer. The Mones purchased the house for £1.52m in 2008.
A sales brochure for the property reads: 'The owners customised the house to their own, exacting specifications, adjusting the layout of the accommodation to suit their own personal requirements and sourcing the highest quality finishes, such as the solid walnut which is extensively used throughout the house.
'With painstaking attention to detail, they used nothing but the finest manufacturers for the kitchen and bathroom fittings. 'State of the art entertainment systems were installed, including an eleven zone Sonos music system in ten rooms and the back garden: each zone can be individually controlled by Sonos touchscreen controls or from an iPad or iPhone.' In April, Mone said she planned to move back into the Thorntonhall house. She said: 'I'm selling my home here in Glasgow but I also own the big house with my ex-husband. For two years I've been trying to buy him out of it and he only agreed just the other day - which is fantastic. 'I designed it, I built it, I love it. But I'm going to change it all so that it doesn't have any of the bad memories from when I lived there. 'I'm over the moon. I'll always have a base here in Glasgow but I've moved in to my London home as well. So, that means I'll have just the one home here rather than one and a half.'
She later said she was leaving Scotland permanently citing the abuse she received from 'cybernats' and her business career in London. Mr Mone has previously criticised his ex-wife's comments and said the divorce papers had specifically addressed the issue of the future sale of the former marital home. The couple created lingerie brand Ultimo together in 1996, before they split in 2011. The mother-of-three cut her ties with the business in August and is now leading the Mone Review for the UK government, in which she is driving to create business in Britain's poorest neighbourhoods. As part of her brief for the government, she has been given the job of travelling around the country speaking to anyone from ex-convicts to single parents about setting up their own companies, for which she was given use of a government Jaguar. She is also compiling a report about entrepreneurship and the difficulties of setting up small businesses in deprived areas for Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. The Tory peer, who was awarded an OBE in 2010, has other small businesses, including a loss-making firm providing controversial diet pills, and does inspirational speaking.
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