Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Win Their Ohio Mansion Fight — Neighbors Booed a Divorce Prediction
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce just won their Ohio mansion fight — and the meeting got messy before the vote.
The Bratenahl Architectural Review Board unanimously approved the couple’s revised landscaping plans for their $5.35 million lakefront mansion on Tuesday, Nov. 10, after a packed public meeting at the Bratenahl Community Center drew about 35 residents.
The plans call for 10-foot privacy shrubs around the eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom lakefront home, plus updated brickwork. The couple — who married in July at Madison Square Garden — did not attend. Their property manager Patrick Hyland, architect Derek Kuryla and project manager Jacob Kutz made the case instead.
Not everyone in the room was welcoming.
Resident Lucy Weller urged the board to think about wildlife, arguing the landscaping should use native species that give animals “food and cover.” Chuck Bauernschmidt, who lives two houses away, questioned whether the plans even followed village ordinances: “This is a forest, and I’m not sure why the board is going in that direction.”
But the loudest moment came when one attendee predicted the home would be sold “in seven to 10 years when the divorce happens” — and the room booed.
Others stood up for the couple. Resident Vasiliki Diamantis drew applause, telling the room: “We should feel privileged that these people chose this location for their residence… We should accept them regardless of how many days they live here.”
The approval follows an earlier round of neighbor friction: in September, the board approved a six-foot privacy fence around the property, also over residents’ objections. The couple bought the mansion in March 2026. The home is minutes from Cleveland Heights, where Kelce grew up — and it’s not their primary residence. The couple also has homes in Rhode Island, Beverly Hills, Nashville and New York City.
It’s the second chapter of a saga ToledoBuzz covered in October, when the couple first hit a snag over the mansion’s trees. This time, the board said yes — unanimously.
Source: Heavy (via Page Six reporting)
Taylor Swift at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards. (Photo: Glenn Francis / Pacific Pro Digital Photography via Wikimedia Commons)
