When David and Victoria Beckham started dating in 1997, Victoria was already well-known as one-fifth of the pop music behemoth Spice Girls, and David had just recently begun his meteoric rise as a global megastar athlete. Victoria has matured into a successful high-fashion designer with her trademark apparel and beauty lines after 21 years of marriage, while David has played for some of the world’s most prestigious clubs. Even in retirement, he has become one of soccer’s most decorated players and one of its most bankable faces. The Beckhams’ dazzling looks and love for matching clothing had the press hooked to their every move as a pair. And, although the parents of four seemed to relish the spotlight on the red carpet, it turns out they’re extremely private when it comes to their home life. The two have owned several houses over the years, but have rarely let the public in, teasing glimpses of house interiors only through one-off social media pictures in recent years.

Mia Regan (from left), Romeo Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Harper Beckham, David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham, and Nicola Peltz at the premiere
of Netflix’s Beckham documentary in October 2023.

Beckham, the famous four-part Netflix docuseries launched in early October 2023, gives us a more in-depth look at their houses (even if the backdrops are sometimes blurred) since Victoria and David shoot scenes primarily in two locations: their London townhouse and their rural mansion. The latter is a two-acre English rural property where David raises bees (complete with an initialed beekeeping costume) and the pair entertains friends and family. Below, we go over everything we know about the couple’s real estate holdings throughout the years.

1996

This was the year David Beckham scored the superb halfway-line goal that catapulted him into international superstardom. It was also the year the football hero purchased his first home, paying roughly $187,000 for a four-bedroom redbrick semi-detached duplex in modest Salford, a Manchester suburb. Beckham may be seen giving a tour of his (comparatively) humble house in a 1997 vintage video. The great footballer reveals rooms like his small, enclosed living room with trophies lined up on a window ledge, a modest kitchen with sky-blue cabinets, and even the hole caused when he kneed the wall of his narrow stairs after a tumble in what appears to be cramped conditions. Despite the humble surroundings, his then-girlfriend Posh Spice moved there shortly after the couple began dating. The former Manchester United midfielder sold the property in 1999 for what would roughly equate to $232,000 today.

1998

The power couple’s first joint purchаse was an approximately $400,000 penthouse in Oakwood House, a magnificent redbrick Victorian-era home in Alderley Edge, a community famed for its fondness with Manchester United stars. (Cristiano Ronaldo used to reside there.) According to reports, Victoria designed the living room in zebra print and the bathroom in leopard print (sadly, no public images of her design efforts exist). When the Beckhams sold the flat in 2002 for around $733,000, they made a profit.

1999

An aerial view of the Beckhams’ former home in Sawbridgeworth, UK

When Posh and Becks purchased Rowneybury House, a Grade II-listed former children’s home turned living refuge, the tabloids called it “Beckingham Palace” because of the extravagant amount they spent on renovations at these imperial-looking premises, for which they paid around $3.14 million. There were seven bedrooms, an indoor pool, a recording studio, a game room, and a gym on the list of facilities. Mrs. Beckham also famously decorated each room with “tacky” décor. “It’s an old house with themed rooms.” Posh Spice once commented in an interview, “It’s really camp.” A boudoir-themed bedroom with leopard print and ceiling mirrors was available, as was a Disney-themed frieze in the nursery. While we can’t confirm the reality of an Audrey Hepburn-themed bathroom with his-and-hers monogrammed toilets, such a place was included in Victoria’s virtual house on her website, which was greatly influenced by Beckingham Palace.

The rest of the 24-acre grounds included tennis courts, a football pitch, gardens, a hedge maze, and even “fake ancient ruins that form a children’s playground.” The Beckhams finally sold the estate in 2014, making a profit of little more than $11 million.

2001

Just before Victoria revealed her second pregnancy in 2001, the family relocated to a converted barn on the historic Heawood Hall Estate, a Grade II-listed house thought to have been erected around 1720. The Beckhams’ five-bedroom estate cost around $1.5 million, plus another $250,000 in improvements. Although it is unknown what improvements the Beckhams made, when it was listed for sale at $2.75 million in 2012, the property included a 35-foot long indoor swimming pool housed in a barnlike structure with redbrick walls, vaulted ceilings, and wood beams; a gym; and a playroom. The family moved out in 2005 when their son Brooklyn was six years old; their second son, Romeo, was three; and their third son, Cruz, had just arrived.

2003

Palm Jumeirah Island in Dubai

Victoria and David bought a beautiful luxury property on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah in 2003. In 2009, the couple gave the luxurious vacation property to Victoria’s parents.

Posh and Becks also enjoyed holidays in the south of France, and this year paid roughly $1.9 million for a stunning six-bedroom home situated on 200 acres of rolling hills in Bargemon, Côte d’Azur. The 19th-century home is surrounded by gardens and large lawns, and views of the breathtaking scenery beyond can be viewed from virtually every direction. There are loggias, an infinity pool, a pool house, farmhouse guest quarters, and even a church on the site. Wood beam ceilings, pointed arch doors, classic chandeliers, deep purple tones, and black kitchen cabinetry give the 6,500-square-foot main home a gothic vibe. However, after thirteen years of intermittent visits and over $6.2 million in upgrades, the Beckhams listed the house for sale at around $2.9 million, a significant loss. It is unknown whether the property was ever sold.

2005

The summer of 2003 saw David transferring soccer clubs to Real Madrid. It took two years, however, before the family purchased a home in Spain. They rented until eventually buying a two-story, five-bedroom Tuscan-style manse located in the La Moraleja area featuring lush green grounds, a full tennis court, an outdoor heated pool, a small soccer pitch, and a designated children’s play section. It was reported that the couple spent about $430,000 in renovations, but only after a feng shui expert was called in. An extended stay on the two-acre property was not to be, since David left Europe altogether in 2007 to join the LA Galaxy in the United States. Unfortunately, the Beckhams chose a terrible time to sell the home, as it was the beginning of a Spanish real estate crаsh. During the family’s time in Los Angeles, the empty Spanish residence wallowed on the market for eight years before a businessman from Madrid offered the star couple $5.2 million for the estate.

2007

Upon arrival in the States, the Beckhams picked up a palatial Beverly Hills property for $18.2 million. The 11,497-square-foot H-shaped Italian-style villa had six bedrooms and nine-and-a-half bathrooms, an elevator, a library, and a combo media and music room. Eventually, this place netted them a huge profit when they sold it for $33 million in an off-market deal in 2018.

2009

A view of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is the tallest building in the world

Handing over their glam villa to Victoria’s parents did not meаn that the Beckhams abandoned Dubai, opting for a new place in the Burj Khalifa. Residents get access to all of the building’s amenities which include four swimming pools; The Club, a four-story health and wellness facility with spa services, two gyms, and a pool; a library; a cigar lounge; event spaces for residential use; numerous restaurants to choose from; and even a grocery store. Reports are that the Beckhams paid around $5 million for the digs.

2013

These days, the Beckhams’ home base is their townhouse in Holland Park, Central London. The couple bought the Grade II–listed Victorian home in 2013 for an estimated $37.9 million and spent almost $10 million in renovations in 2016, including building separate quarters on an adjacent empty plot of land for son Brooklyn. The four-story mansion features six bedrooms, a state-of-the-art kitchen with black cabinetry and open shelving, an indoor pool, a wine cellar, a gym, a fashion runway, a nail salon, and even a rumored escape tunnel under the garden.

In the kitchen are black-and-white counters and tabletop, and a black six-burner stove that David personally cleans every time he cooks. “It’s pretty clean because I clean it so well,” he tells the videographer in episode two of the Netflix series. “I’m not sure it’s actually appreciated so much by my wife,” he jokes.

Upstairs, David’s high-ceilinged changing room is just as meticulously kept as the kitchen. Floor-to-ceiling white-paneled built-in wardrobes with interior lighting are arranged by David himself with the precision of a professional. “It’s all quite organized,” the former midfielder says of his closets in the docuseries. Opening the doors reveals a top and bottom row of strictly placed clothing, hung in the order of “jackets, jean shirts, shirts, and then it goes from jumpers, cardis, to T-shirts,” David says of the first cupboard. Below, slim drawers made of dark wood separately house uniformly folded underwear, neatly stuffed and folded socks, and folded T-shirts placed in stepped, color-coded stacks. Other cupboards showcase button-down shirts hung by color at the top, and suit jackets below, while yet another contains jeans and trousers.

2016

Like most well-heeled English folk, Victoria and David purchased a proper country home in the Cotswolds, the quintessential English countryside known to attract British royalty and celebrities. They spent $7.6 million to convert three Grade II farmhouses into one nine-bedroom structure and used antlers pinned on exposed brick walls to give it a real country feel. With the help of British landscaper Marcus Barnett, the Beckhams made extensive upgrades to the grounds, creating a ‘natural’ lake-type swimming hole filled with recycled water, adding an apiary, planting gardens, meadows, fields, and an orchard with 23 types of trees, and adding a tennis-court-turned-soccer pitch complete with bleachers. “I wаnted a place where we could escape,” David says while walking around the property on an early morning in episode three of the docuseries.

The Beckhams also added an outdoor swimming pool, a traditional Estonian sauna and hоt tub, and a plunge pool. One outlet even reports that the couple has put in applications to the county for another escape tunnel. There’s also a $61,000 glamping version of a safari-style tent set up near the swimming hole, with all the trappings of an outdoor kitchen, including a stainless steel coal-burning stove that doubles as a dining table. “On a Saturday morning, I just potter around this place,” David says about the tent, in the docuseries. “I love it. I’m in here from like 11 till like 9 o’clock at night, 10 o’clock at night, later sometimes, just grilling.”

Many of David’s scenes in the docuseries are recorded in what looks to be the home’s wine cellar—a large cozy room with soft, moody lighting; walls paneled in raw, multi-hued wood planks; a tufted green velvet couch; a fireplace with chopped wood piled high next to it; and a display case stocked with bottles filled with dark liquid, and glasses. David also films in his game room which has a pool table and what seems to be a classic arcade game. The kitchen in the home feels like a true country kitchen with exposed brick, open shelving made of unfinished wood, stand-alone cabinets, a large wooden farmhouse table, and a massive wood-burning oven. With all the upgrades and renovations, the country estate is now said to be valued at $14.7 million dollars.

2020

The exterior of the One Thоusand Museum building in Miami

Now that Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami (or Inter Miami CF as it is more commonly known) has drafted Lionel Messi, David—who is co-owner and president of the club—and his family will probably be spending more time in the coastal metropolis. The family picked up a 10,335-square-foot full-floor penthouse in Downtown Miami’s One Thоusand Museum, a curvy, other-worldly-looking 60-floor skyscraper designed by the late, great architect Zaha Hadid. The five-bedroom, six-and-a-half-bathroom luxury condo features floor-to-ceiling walls which give way to spectacular views of the water and South Beach. The unit comes with several terraces, high ceilings, high-end Italian finishes, and even integrated sound and security systems. Apart from the standard gym and pool that seems requisite for most luxury buildings, this one also comes with a helipad, roofed driveways, lightning-speed elevators to each apartment, a wellness center, and according to one report, “custom scenting” in common areas like the lobby and communal dining spaces. Reports put the purchаse price of this particular unit at $24 million.