We take a deep dive into the jaw-dropping list of lust-worthy places Taylor Swift and her fiancé Travis Kelce get to call home and their property portfolio is beyond incredible
She may have grown up on a humble Christmas tree farm, but today Taylor has a mind-boggling property portfolio worth an estimated £120m. From a palatial New England seaside retreat to swish homes in Los Angeles and New York, she has no shortage of pads for hosting friends, family and, of course, fiancé Travis.
But not to be left behind, the NFL maestro also owns several houses across the US, and as PR expert Lynn Carratt says, “Between them they’ve got all bases covered, so they can get away from everything together, or they can be right in the middle of things if they want. In that, we take a look at the lust-worthy lineup of places Taylor and Travis get to call home, way, they’re able to use their properties to control how much – or how little – the public sees of them.”
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As well as already having an eye-wateringly valuable set of homes between them, the pair were reportedly spotted hunting for a new abode in Cleveland, Ohio, where Travis grew up. According to sources, they recently checked out a six-bedroom mansion set in over 60 acres, which is kitted out with its own recording studio. It also has a pool, a huge patio for outdoor entertaining and a wine cellar. Whether or not they snap up the £14m property remains to be seen, but here we check out their other impressive digs…
TRIBECA, NYC
In 2014, Taylor bought two penthouses – one of which was owned by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson – and converted them into one enormous duplex. Located in a building on Franklin Street, the property now has a total of 10 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms spanning more than 8,000 square feet.
Worth around $50million, the apartment has a billiards room and a grand staircase, while Taylor’s Insta shots have shown rustic, cosy décor with lots of exposed wood. One of her most prized decorations is a photo of her opera singer grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, who inspired the track Marjorie on her 2020 Evermore album.
But in 2023, the property had a brush with disaster after a fire broke out in the white marble kitchen. Taylor was writing the song Us with Gracie Abrams at the time, and when they heard a thud in the early hours they assumed it was one of the star’s three cats.
It was in fact a candle falling over, and a video shared by Gracie showed Taylor putting out the fire while joking, “What do I do about this? I think we’re going to die… Our purses are ruined, and our shoes, and the whole room I think.” Clearly a fan of ultra-trendy Tribeca, Taylor also bought a three-storey townhouse next door in 2017, which has four bedrooms, a home cinema, gym, a glass-enclosed rooftop atrium and even its own bar. Not too shabby!
WATCH HILL, RHODE ISLAND
Taylor reportedly splurged $17million in cash on a spectacular Colonial-style mansion known as High Watch in 2013. It was once owned by a socialite called Rebekah Harkness, who inspired Taylor’s 2020 song The Last Great American Dynasty.
Overlooking the beach and comprising 12,000 square feet, it has eight bedrooms, a large pool, over five acres of grounds and a music studio. As the setting for several of her star-studded Independence Day parties, dubbed ‘Taymerica’, the pad has played host to everyone from Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez and Karlie Kloss to Bradley Cooper, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
At one of her legendary bashes in July 2016, actor Tom Hiddleston – Taylor’s boyfriend at the time – was famously pictured wearing a T-shirt adorned with the words ‘I heart T.S.’ Recent reports suggest the property could serve as a venue for Taylor and Travis’s nuptials, and Annie Zaleski, author of Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs, says, “It would be an amazing place for a wedding. It’s such a beautiful space, and you can imagine all the photos with the ocean in the background. Immediately you know they would be gorgeous.”
Further fanning the flames of speculation, the house is currently being renovated – apparently to the tune of $1.7 million. The upgrade, due for completion by the end of this year, will include a new bedroom suite, extra bathrooms and a modified kitchen.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
One of her earliest property purchases in 2009, Taylor paid around $2million for a multi-level penthouse on Nashville’s Music Row, so-called HQ of America’s country music scene. She then spent 18 months renovating the three-bedroom pad, which she once said was “Tim Burton-Alice in Wonderland-pirate ship-Peter Pan” inspired.
It features floor-to-ceiling windows with views across the city and out to the Great Smoky Mountains beyond. Social media snaps and her Miss Americana documentary have provided a glimpse into the condo’s unusual décor, including colourful wallpaper, a six-foot rabbit, chandeliers and even a koi pond in the living room. It also has a human-sized birdcage lined with pillows and blankets which Taylor has called the “most comfortable place in the world.”
Another quirky artefact was said to be a framed photo of the infamous moment Kanye West crashed her Best Female Video acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. She is said to have written on the photo in gold ink, “Life is full of little interruptions.” The walls are adorned with pictures of friends and family too, and Taylor once said, “I need to have pictures of people I love everywhere.” In her bedroom, she apparently picked “everything white and fluffy,” with vintage mirrors and tiered white curtains at the windows.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Taylor’s most impressive home may be the Goldwyn estate in Beverly Hills, which she purchased in 2015 for $25 million. Since then, she has painstakingly renovated and restored the property to its original 1930s condition in honour of its namesake, the director and producer Samuel Goldwyn.
Located in the hills behind the Beverly Hills Hotel, the estate includes a main 10,982 square-foot mansion with six bedrooms, several guest apartments and staff accommodation, plus a library, cinema room and gym. Outside, there is a swimming pool and tennis court, and two acres of gardens which provide the perfect chillout spot whenever she and Travis are in town.
In 2017, Beverly Hills City Council approved Taylor’s request to designate the estate an historic city landmark, meaning it cannot be radically altered even if she decides to move on. But somewhat alarmingly, when actress Zoë Kravitz and her mum Lisa Bonet temporarily stayed there during the LA wildfires, they were forced to take out one of Taylor’s bathrooms after losing a pet snake in its interior.
“We’re ripping up the tiles, we’re scratching the walls,” Zoë said. “We completely destroyed Taylor’s bathroom. And there was just this moment where I was like, ‘Either we destroy her bathroom, or I have to tell her there’s a snake somewhere in her house.’” Thankfully, Taylor was said to have seen the funny side of the debacle.
FOREST HILLS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
In 2011, Taylor purchased an historic mansion within the gated Northumberland Estate in Nashville’s exclusive Forest Hills neighbourhood. It cost $2.5million, but Taylor generously gave the house to her parents Andrea and Scott, who moved with her to Nashville when she was 14 and trying to grow her music career.
Set in six acres, the property comprises a main house of 5,600 square feet with four bedrooms, as well as an additional guest house and outdoor pool. The main residence is known for classic Southern features such as stately columns and vaulted ceilings, while there are also marble fireplaces and herringbone wood floors.
LEAWOOD, KANSAS
Travis’s main home is a stunning, 17,000 square-foot mansion in an upscale area of Kansas called Leawood, located around 20 minutes from the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium. Famously, its lush gardens, winding paths and romantic gazebo provided the backdrop for his proposal to Taylor in August.
Inside the opulent property there are six bedrooms, a cinema room, gym and sauna, plus a wine cellar and bar, while there are three acres of grounds featuring a large pool and hot tub, a tennis and pickleball court and a miniature golf course.
Travis has reportedly also been adding the ultimate ‘mancave’ to the house, carving out a 396 square-foot underground den which will house an indoor golf simulator. He bought the secluded gated property in Tomahawk Creek Estates for $6million in October 2023, when his newly-official status with Taylor meant the pair needed more privacy than his previous pad in Briarcliff West, Kansas City home could offer.
It’s unclear whether Travis has now sold that property, but it was similarly impressive, with seven bedrooms, a pool and gym. Elsewhere, Travis and his family also own an apartment in Orlando, Florida, where his mum Donna spends most of her time. Situated in palm tree-lined Baldwin Park, it’s a more modest affair, with two bedrooms, a wrap-around balcony and shared pool.
