Owen Close for family

Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen puts his money where his mouth is when it comes to proving his position on family ties. He is believed to have paid £750,000 in cash for five luxury-detached homes in Clwyd North Wales. He is supposed to have wanted to keep a sixth plot clear so that the local youngsters would have somewhere for a kick-about. The builders had different ideas and wanted the site for another home.

Owen has moved mum and dad into a home at the top of the cul-de-sac, with a detached double garage to house the £30,000 top of the range S-Type Jaguar car, Reg T500 WEN (T50 Owen) which Michael gave to his dad Terry. Next door, a mock-Tudor four bedroom house has been given to his brother Terry jnr. Adjacent to him Michael has given his elder sister Karen and her solicitor boyfriend Tim Foreman, a smaller three-bedroom home. The house next to Karen is currently rented out but when it becomes empty this will be given to Michael's other brother Andrew. The last one has been given to his younger 17-year-old sister, Lesley. Michael himself lives nearby with his girlfriend Louise Bonsall in a £200,000 luxury home. 16/01/2001

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