He recently returned home to Scotland after admitting that he ‘missed the smell of the rain’.
Now Ewan McGregor has been forced to lodge retrospective plans to revamp his ‘water-damaged’ £2million Scottish home and install CCTV cameras.
The Trainspotting and Star Wars actor came under fire earlier this year after he was accused of carrying out ‘unauthorised’ works at the 18th century C-listed mansion near Perth.
Enforcement details on Perth and Kinross Council’s planning website yesterday continued to state that the outcome of this investigation was ‘pending consideration’.
The 53-year-old actor has now submitted a formal proposal for a number of renovations, which the application states have already been completed.
Ewan McGregor and his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The couple recently moved back to McGregor’s native Scotland after the actor said he missed the smell of rain
Ewan McGregor bought the £2million mansion last May but has been beset by difficulties including water damage as he battles to renovate his Perthshire home
The 53-year-old actor has recently starred as Count Rostov in A Gentleman in Moscow, alongside his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Anna Urbanova
This includes the installation of CCTV cameras, roof repairs and renovating parts of the property’s vast interior.
The reason given by agents McKenzie Strickland Associates for the work being completed ahead of submission of the application was that it was ‘carried out in advance of applicant moving in’.
The agents state: ‘Our clients purchased the property in May 2023. It was evident that the previous owners had not decorated the property for some time.
‘The paintwork was generally yellowing, and wallpaper was peeling in several areas due to water damage from blocked gutters, etc.
Therefore, most of the works carried out at the house were decorative, including painting, wallpapering and sanding floors.’
Land Registry documents show the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner bought the mansion in the Carse of Gowrie area in May last year for £200,000 over the asking price.
Since then McGregor has been granted permission by the council to erect a replacement garage and create a new master bedroom and bathroom suite.
Set in more than 18 acres of land and gardens, the ten-bedroom property is just a 35-minute drive from where he grew up in Crieff.
The couple, who got married in 2022 and share a two-year-old son, decided to move back to Scotland as the Star Wars actor doesn’t want to be away from his family
The actor pictured with his daughter Clara McGregor from his first marriage to Eve Mavrakis. The 28-year-old is also an actress and producer
The Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner is leaving the LA life behind him for the green hills of Scotland, pictured on his motorbike in LA February 22, 2024
The actor – whose most recent screen role sees him play Count Rostov in A Gentleman in Moscow, alongside his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Anna Urbanova – spoke last month of his joy at moving back to Scotland, telling Architectural Digest magazine how he had felt a ‘pull’ to come home as he reached his fifties.
McGregor added: ‘I never saw it coming, it’s weird.
‘You just reach an age when it’s time to go home.’
According to Perth and Kinross Council’s website, listed building consent ‘is required for any internal or external alteration, extension or demolition of a listed building which would affect its character as a building or structure of architectural or historic interest’.
It adds: ‘It is an offence to carry out works to a listed building without consent.’
Offenders can be fined up to £50,000 for not complying with an enforcement notice.
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