George and Amal paid for couple to stay in hotel for a month

• John and Clare Grove went to stay at The French Horn in Berkshire for one month
  
  
• The Clooneys paid for the couple to stay there while renovations took place
  
  
• It charges couples £225-per-night to stay at their riverside cottage suites
  
  
• It is understood the Groves signed confidentiality agreements about their dealings with the pair
  
  

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Dear neighbours... sorry about the building work, here's £45,000 (and a Hoover) Yours, the Clooneys: George and Amal offer compensation for noise caused by Berkshire home renovations

• Refurbishment works on Clooneys’ Grade II-listed property began in late 2015
  
  
• Deal with neighbours John Grove, 58, and his wife Clare, 49, included a holiday
  
  
• Included construction of 12-seater cinema, 60ft swimming pool and tennis court
  
  
• At one point, the Clooneys had 1,000 mature trees transported to the estate 
  
  

By Tim Lamden, Showbusiness Correspondent For The Daily Mail
PUBLISHED: 22:00 BST, 7 April 2017 | UPDATED: 02:31 BST, 8 April 2017


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George and Amal Clooney gave neighbours in their Berkshire village a £45,000 compensation package for the disturbance caused by renovations to their estate.

The deal agreed with John Grove, 58, and his wife Clare, 49, included a holiday to Corfu, a six-week stay in a luxury hotel and a £30,000 lump sum.

In addition to the package – which curiously also included a replacement vacuum cleaner – the Clooneys paid for the Groves to rent a £780,000 cottage down the road from their home in Sonning.


Refurbishment works on the Clooneys’ Grade II-listed Thames-side property began in late 2015, and included the construction of a 12-seater cinema, subterranean irrigation system, 60ft swimming pool and an astroturf tennis court.
For the Groves and their next-door neighbour, it meant a daily stream of lorries, trucks and diggers clogging up the tiny lane outside their homes for a year.
At one point, the Clooneys had 1,000 mature trees transported to the estate by lorries and planted around the outskirts of the property to protect their privacy.
A source said: ‘It is a known fact in the village that the Clooneys’ closest neighbours were very stressed by the building work. At the height of the work, there were up to three large building lorries in the small road leading to the Clooneys’ house every day.

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Th renovations meant a daily stream of lorries, trucks and diggers clogging up the tiny lane outside their homes for a year. The deal agreed with neighbours John Grove (left) and wife Clare (right) included a holiday, a six-week stay in a luxury hotel and £30,000 lump sum
‘But the Clooneys have given a lot back to the community since they moved in. They have been incredibly generous in compensating the Groves for the hassle of the building work.’
During the height of the work in September 2015, the Clooneys paid for the Groves to take a week-long break on the Greek island of Corfu.
Upon their return, they moved into The French Horn, a hotel and restaurant 300 yards from their home at the expense of the Clooneys for six weeks.

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Perched on the banks of the Thames, the 19th century former coaching inn is the Clooneys’ favourite local dining spot and charges couples £225 a night to stay at its riverside cottage suites.
The restaurant, which sells vintage wines for up to £25,000 a bottle, is also a favourite of Prime Minister Theresa May, who is often seen dining with her security team in tow. The Clooneys are such fans of the restaurant they regularly hire its staff for private dinner parties at their mansion.
After staying in the hotel became inconvenient for the Groves, the Clooneys secured them a £780,000 cottage in the village for a year, with all rent and bills paid by the Hollywood actor and his human rights lawyer wife. It is not known how much this cost overall.
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Refurbishment works on the Clooneys’ Grade II-listed Thames-side property (pictured) in Berkshire included the construction of a 12-seater cinema, subterranean irrigation system, 60ft swimming pool and an astroturf tennis court
Finally, the Clooneys agreed to make a one-off payment of around £30,000 to the couple.
Since the work was completed last year, the Groves have moved from their former home – a £500,000 cottage at the foot of the celebrity couple’s driveway.
Neither the Clooneys nor the Groves wished to comment on their dealings with one another.
Clooney bought his estate for £7.5million in 2014 after marrying his wife, who is now pregnant with twins, in an extravagant four-day wedding in Venice.
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The Clooneys secured the Groves a £780,000 cottage in the village for a year, with all rent and bills paid by the Hollywood actor and his human rights lawyer wife
The couple submitted plans for a £12.5million refurbishment of the property in March 2015, which were approved by South Oxfordshire District Council in May that year. For months, villagers endured a cacophony of building work.
For a time the skyline was dominated by a 200ft crane, and the streets were filled with a constant stream of HGVs and vans going to and from the property.
Speaking about married life last year, Clooney said: ‘I’m very happy. We are having a really fun time.
‘We are remodelling our house which is hell. We’ve got married and remodelled the house. We are having fun.’
The Clooneys officially moved into the property, now thought to be worth £23.5million, last year and held a private dinner for a select group of residents in the village, which is also home to Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and ‘spoon bender’ Uri Geller.
As well as The French Horn, Clooney is a regular at local pub The Bull Inn, which stocks his own brand of sipping tequila. He was recently spotted there with fellow Hollywood A-lister Bill Murray and the pair were said to have left a $100 note as a tip.
Last month, Clooney made a surprise visit to an 87-year-old fan who wrote to him from a local care home.

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George Clooney, Amal Alamuddin's Inconsiderate Behaviors Cause Neighbors To Call The Cops?

George Clooney's neighbors are not very happy of him and Amal Alamuddin living in the area?

9:42 AM EDT 4/12/2017 by Colt, Celebeat Reporter

Home renovations are certainly normal in all neighborhoods. But it seems that George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin are making some drastic changes to their multi-million dollar English estate that it took them for several months now to renovate and it still not finished. As if the constant noise is not enough, several paparazzi are also swarming the area, making the neighbor less and less happy about living near the famous actor and his lawyer wife.

However, George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin may have already expected their neighbors to not be too pleased with their home renovation and they decided to make it up to them. Celeb Dirty Laundry revealed that the couple have spent over $50,000 in gifts to possibly keep their neighbors from picking up their phones and calling the cops on them. The pair tried to be good members of the society despite the circumstances.

While there is no word as to what exact gifts did the couple send out to their neighbors, but it seems that their friendly gesture has been working as there are no negative reports about their home renovation so far. George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin are reportedly planning to raise their twins in England, so the pair are definitely trying to win their neighbor's by giving them lavish gifts in exchange of their understanding and silence.

Being in the public eye for almost four decades, it only makes sense that George Clooney would want to settle down outside Hollywood. Although the couple have not commented on this matter, "The Monuments Men" actor's friend are clearly happy for him after learning that he's going to be a a first-time dad soon.

"I'm very excited. Obviously we're friends of parenthood. I think it's incredible for George and it really took Amal, I think," Cindy Crawford told E! News at the time. "It was like all of a sudden he might get married and he might have a family. It's incredible. We are very excited for them." The supermodel's husband, Rande Gerber then jokingly added, "I'm not sure he'll be changing diapers."