Brendan Cole and his family will be sleeping in a tent while renovation work takes place at their home in Mallorca.

Brendan Cole will be living in a tent this summer while construction work takes place on his new home

Brendan Cole will be living in a tent this summer while construction work takes place on his new home

The 47-year-old former 'Strictly Come Dancing' star has revealed he's bought a new house on the Spanish island and he'll be decamping to the garden this summer along with his wife Zoe and their children Aurelia, 10, and Dante, four, so they can remain onsite while construction work is carried out.

Speaking to The Sun newspaper, he explained: "We are doing a very nice refurbishment on our place in Mallorca.

"I've bought many houses over the years and I have always had the intention to refurbish them but have never gotten around to it and I have sold them and finally, we're doing a proper refurb on our house in Mallorca. Because we're doing the renovation we actually can't live in the house... "

However, Brendan is planning to make sure the set up is more "glamping" than camping by creating a temporary home in a large bell tent. He went on: "The plan is to actually be in a glamping tent on the property which is quite nice although if it gets too hot, which I fear it might be, we may well just come back.

"We have stayed in it from time to time with the kids and, we had a moment of gin madness probably three or four months ago now when, over a couple of trips to Mallorca, we took this massive bell tent over with us."

Brendan revealed the family previously lived in the tent earlier this year after a deal to rent a flat fell through and they ended up living under canvas for several weeks while they sorted out their living situation.

However, the dancer is adamant his kids love being able to sleep under the stars. He added: "It was a really lovely adventurous sort of thing to do."


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