JLS star Oritsé Williams former mansion which was ravaged by fire is being redeveloped into a luxury home, MailOnline can reveal.
The singer made a loss of £2.5 million after selling his Croydon mansion for just £500,000 four years ago.
Oritsé purchased the mansion, once owned by comedian Ronnie Corbett, for £3milllion more than ten years ago. However, five years ago a devastating fire destroyed the property in a suspected arson attack.
Aerial photographs previously taken in 2020 showed the decrepit mansion with a collapsed roof, blown out windows and gutted interior.
Now new owners have taken on the property with photos showing the home rising from the ashes.
JLS star Oritse Williams’ former dilapidated home which was ravaged by fire is being renovated
The roof of the mansion in Croydon was almost completely gutted after the blaze tore through the property (Pictured in 2020)
Artist impression of what the property could look like once fully completed
The exterior of the property is being completely rebuilt with new modern windows fitted
Solar panels have been fitted to the top of the property by the new owners
Oritse Williams (pictured at the The Golden Chopsticks Awards in London in 2021) purchased the property in 2011
The exterior of the property is being completely rebuilt with new modern windows fitted whilst the burnt out roof has been restored with elegant maroon tiling.
Solar panels have also been fitted to the sprawling property which is currently a building site.
Previously, the roof of the house had been completely gutted by fire, the house was covered in black mould and grass could be seen growing through the carpet of the hallway staircase.
The outdoor swimming pool also appears to be undergoing redevelopment alongside parts of the back garden.
Meanwhile, construction materials can be seen piled on the ground which surrounds the mansion as the new owners put their stamp on the property.
A pool house was proposed as part of the extensive renovation plans for the property
It is not known when development of the property will be completed (Photo: Elevations for the redeveloped property)
The property is receiving a new look after a substantial investment by the new owners
The property is located in Addington, a leafy village within the London Borough of Croydon
Building materials can be seen scattered on the ground of the property which is being redeveloped
The property as viewed from the road in Addington, Croydon
The driveway to the property as seen from the road which is chained closed
Planning applications seen by MailOnline show the property includes a games room, shrine and cinema in the new renovation plans.
A first application was lodged for alterations including the erection of a rear roof extension. This saw the roof restored after the property was impacted by fire.
A second application proposed the erection of single-storey rear extension and the erection of new pool house. This was refused by London Borough of Croydon who branded it ‘inappropriate development’.
The new owners then lodged a third development application for a new single storey extension.
Councillor Robert Ward, who represents Selsdon and Addington Village on Croydon Council, said that he ‘was pleased’ to see the property being brought back to life after being left ‘derelict for some time.’
Urban explorer Colin Smith, 36, from Hampshire, previously explored the £3million Croydon property in 2020.
Footage taken by Mr Smith at the time shows the kitchen fitted with top of the range solid marble countertops whilst the living room boasted an ornate fireplace.
Meanwhile, a safe for valuables which survived the fire was left abandoned in one of the many utility rooms of the three-storey property. The photos also showed that the upstairs bedrooms had been completely gutted by fire.
In addition, the home featured a hot tub in the bedroom and a ping pong table in the garden.
Urban explorer Colin Smith, 36, from Hampshire, captured the £3million Croydon property covered in rubble in 2020 after a fire ripped through the house in 2019
The fire ripped through the upper bedrooms of the house, blowing out all if the windows and leaving a charred shell
Aerial photographs from 2020 show the extent of the damage caused to the JLS singer’s property (Pictured: The burnt out roof)
Around 70 firefighters were called to tackle the huge blaze at the property in June 2019, but they could do nothing to prevent the three-storey property’s roof being destroyed. No one was injured in the inferno.
Police launched an investigation into the cause of the blaze, after revealing they were treating the fire as suspicious.
Despite the police probe in relation to the fire being a potential arson attack, no one was ever arrested in connection with the incident and the investigation was closed.
Following the fire, Ronnie Corbett’s widow said she has been left devastated.
Anne Hart, 87, said she had been thinking about buying back the mansion she shared with the comedian for 33 years, before it was destroyed in the blaze.
The once lavish home, in Croydon, south London fell into a state of disrepair (Pictured in 2020)
A marble bathroom in the three-storey property which was left completely in ruins
Reacting to the fire at her old home, Anne said: ‘I’m heartbroken and Ronnie would be too.’
Oritse bought the six-bedroom home for £3 million with his then-girlfriend AJ Azari more than a decade ago.
Five years later he put it on the market at a knock-down price of £1.75million after he was charged with rape, but was yet to sell the property.
Williams was charged with raping a fan in his hotel room in Wolverhampton in 2018 but was acquitted by a jury in the summer of 2019.
He had been accused of launching a sex attack on a tattoo artist fan at a hotel room, after allegedly plying her and two friends with alcohol on December 2, 2016.
The staircase in the house which had got grass growing through its carpet (Pictured in 2020)
The six-bedroom mega mansion was previously owned by the late comedian Ronnie Corbett (Pictured in 2020)
Photos taken in 2018 at the rundown property showed a slimy green swimming pool, along with a fence in disrepair surrounding the property, and an overgrown garden with some discarded furniture
Friend and tour manager Jamien Nagadhana was also charged with sexual touching and assault by penetration of the same woman at the pair’s room in Wolverhampton’s Ramada Hotel.
A jury of eight women and four men took two hours and 17 minutes to find Oritse and Jamien not guilty of all charges following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The once lavish home, in Croydon, south London fell into a state of disrepair after it was sold to Oritse.
