Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s honeymoon may be over as their plans for their married life hit a major obstacle.
Swift, 36, and Kelce, 37, who married three months ago in a July 3 ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York, faced backlash from their Ohio neighbors during an Oct. 6 village planning meeting. Daily Mail reported October 8.
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The couple’s plans to erect a fence and plant trees around their $5 million mansion in Bratenahl were the source of much conflict at the meeting, with residents accusing the “absent” couple of dealing a “terrible blow” to the “peace and tranquility” of the community, according to transcripts obtained by the Daily Mail.
In September, Bratenahl’s architectural review board approved plans to build a 6-foot fence around the property, but neighbors raised concerns about the couple’s landscaping plans at a meeting Tuesday.
Katherine Bolton, who has lived next to the house Kelce and Swift purchased in March for more than three decades, predicted there would be “catastrophic sewer backups” if the couple planted evergreens near the old sewer line their properties share.
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Bolton reportedly discussed the dilemma with Swift and Kelce’s attorney after he was offered $75,000 to cover the roots’ sewer system. “This candidate might decide to sell her house next year, maybe move out and buy another house,” Bolton said.
“What am I going to do when I have 50 evergreen trees on my sewer line and they’re gone? » she asked. “And I still live here in Bratenahl.”
Another, Chuck Bauernschmidt, who lives a stone’s throw from the stars, accused the two men of “ridiculous… clear-cutting of shrubs and everything else.”
He claimed “all the trees were gone” and expressed concerns that deer could impale themselves on the planned fence.
Kelce and Swift planner Jacob Kutz of Tiny Construction defended his clients, saying they were “looking for privacy and security…after one of the largest sales in Cuyahoga County.” He also noted that the couple had scaled back plans from an 8-foot fence to a shorter 6-foot fence that stops short of Lake Erie.
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Kutz claimed they made changes “just to show they’re good neighbors,” including having the sewer line cleared and cleaned “without asking for help” and adding a door for Bauernschmidt, who felt “closed off.”
A third plan for the property will be presented at an upcoming meeting, but the board approved landscaping in front of the estate Tuesday.
In September, after The Wall Street Journal reported that Kelce purchased the lakefront estate for $5.35 million outside of Cleveland, The United States today reported that the home was acquired in March through an Ohio LLC formed days before the sale. Property tax records list Andre Eanes, Kelce’s longtime business manager, as the recipient of the tax correspondence.
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