Phil Neville - Four bedroom apartment home is up for sale if you have a spare cool clean £4 Million

After almost three years on sale, and despite a price drop from £4million to £3.75million, Phil Neville’s ‘mansion in the sky’ failed to find a buyer.
Now the former football star is trying his luck in the rental market. Neville, 36, is looking for someone willing to pay £15,000 a month – £180,000 over a year – to live in the four-bedroom apartment until a purchaser turns up.

Despite its opulence, however, the decor may not be to everyone’s taste. The apartment, which occupies three linked storeys 500ft up in Manchester’s 47-storey Beetham Tower, was decorated by Kelly Hoppen, interior designer to the stars, in a black and white colour scheme.

Fine dining: The view from the kitchen of Phil Neville's luxury apartment in Beetham Tower, Greater Manchester
Fine dining: The view from the kitchen of Phil Neville's luxury apartment in Beetham Tower, Greater Manchester
Astonishing: Thought to be one of the city's most expensive rental properties ever, the 45th-floor apartment boasts four bedrooms and stunning near 360 degree views from its floor-to-ceiling windows
Astonishing: Thought to be one of the city's most expensive rental properties ever, the 45th-floor apartment boasts four bedrooms and stunning near 360 degree views from its floor-to-ceiling windows
For the kids: While bedrooms occupy the top floor, most of the bottom floor is a custom-built playroom
For the kids: While bedrooms occupy the top floor, most of the bottom floor is a custom-built playroom
Looking for interest: The estate agents said they have had 'quite a few enquiries about this property since we put it up for rent but have yet to find a tenant'
Looking for interest: The estate agents said they have had 'quite a few enquiries about this property since we put it up for rent but have yet to find a tenant'
Washing the dishes: The view from the kitchen in the astonishing 45th-floor apartment in Manchester
Washing the dishes: The view from the kitchen in the astonishing 45th-floor apartment in Manchester
Study: The office of the Manchester home, which was first put on the market with an asking price of £4million
Study: The office of the Manchester home, which was first put on the market with an asking price of £4million
Phil Neville and his wife Julie, who have two childrenGeneral view of the Beetham Tower on Deansgate in central Manchester
Footballer: Phil Neville, 36, a former England defender who retired from football at the end of the season, lived in the tower (right) with his wife Julie (pictured together left), 37, and their children Harvey, 11, and Isabella, nine
It also features a bathroom themed on Disney’s Little Mermaid, while children’s bedrooms come with fairytale castle wardrobes.
The 5,000sq ft apartment, named The Orchid Suite, has five parking spaces.

    Former Manchester United and Everton player Neville, now retired, paid £3.1million for the property and moved there in 2006 with his wife Julie and their two children. The family moved to a £4million Cheshire mansion in 2011.
    Thought to be one of the city’s most expensive rental properties ever, the 45th-floor apartment boasts four bedrooms and stunning near 360 degree views from its floor-to-ceiling windows.
    Neville, 36, a former England defender who retired from football after leaving Everton at the end of the season, lived there with his wife Julie, 37, and their children Harvey, 11, and Isabella, nine.
    Looking out: The boy's bedroom in the astonishing home which has 360 degree views of Greater Manchester
    Looking out: The boy's bedroom in the astonishing home which has 360 degree views of Greater Manchester
    The home cinema system
    The apartment's front door

    Outside and inside: The apartment's black front door (left) and the home cinema system (right) are pictured

    Children's playroom: The couple hope to find a tenant while searching for a permanent owner for the luxury home, which was designed by Kelly Hoppen and features a black and white colour scheme
    Children's playroom: The couple hope to find a tenant while searching for a permanent owner for the luxury home, which was designed by Kelly Hoppen and features a black and white colour scheme
    A walk-in wardrobe in the apartment
    The Beetham Tower on Deansgate

    Clothing choices: The walk-in wardrobes (left) of the home - located in the Beetham Tower (right) - are pictured

    On the rental market: The flat is being marketed by property management company City Centre Chic, which specialises in finding Manchester's most luxurious homes for footballers and entrepreneurs
    On the rental market: The flat is being marketed by property management company City Centre Chic, which specialises in finding Manchester's most luxurious homes for footballers and entrepreneurs
    Under the sea: The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo-themed children's bathroom in Neville's apartment
    Under the sea: The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo-themed children's bathroom in Neville's apartment
    Girl's bedroom with 'Isabella' carved in to the bed's headboard
    Inside the walk-in wardrobe in the girl's bedroom

    For a princess: This bedroom has 'Isabella' carved in to the bed headboard (left) and a walk-in wardrobe (right)

    Queen of the castle: The walk-in wardrobe in the girl's bedroom of the Manchester home with the doors open
    Queen of the castle: The walk-in wardrobe in the girl's bedroom of the Manchester home with the doors open

    It also includes a chandelier hanging over a spiral staircase, enclosed balcony areas, a gym, studio, limestone flooring, ‘intelligent’ lighting schemes and a shower which doubles as a steam room.
    The apartment also has his-and-hers dressing rooms and chutes which connect each bedroom’s laundry baskets to the utility room below.
    And while bedrooms occupy the top floor, most of the bottom floor is a custom-built playroom, created for Harvey and Isabella.
    The flat is being marketed by property management company City Centre Chic, which specialises in finding Manchester’s most luxurious homes for footballers and entrepreneurs. 
    It has already had one star occupant - music mogul Simon Cowell, 53, who rented it while filming Britain’s Got Talent in Manchester.

    Family: Photographs of Phil and Julie Neville's children Harvey, 11, and Isabella, nine, can be seen on the wall
    Family: Photographs of Phil and Julie Neville's children Harvey, 11, and Isabella, nine, can be seen on the wall
    Glamorous property: Jennie Platt, founder and managing director of property management company City Centre Chic, said the flat is 'definitely the most expensive apartment we have ever marketed'
    Glamorous property: Jennie Platt, founder and managing director of property management company City Centre Chic, said the flat is 'definitely the most expensive apartment we have ever marketed'
    Master bedroom: The apartment also has his-and-hers dressing rooms and chutes which connect each bedroom's laundry baskets to the utility room below
    Master bedroom: The apartment also has his-and-hers dressing rooms and chutes which connect each bedroom's laundry baskets to the utility room below
    Inside the walk in wardrobe in the girl's bedroom
    Themed children's bathroom in the apartment

    Child-friendly: The home has a children's bathroom (left) and a walk-in wardrobe in the girl's bedroom (right)

    What a view: Named The Orchid Suite, the home is described as '5,000 sq ft of pure luxury' by the estate agents - and even comes with five parking spaces
    What a view: Named The Orchid Suite, the home is described as '5,000 sq ft of pure luxury' by the estate agents - and even comes with five parking spaces
    Memorable moment: Photographs of the Nevilles meeting Gordon Brown at Downing Street on a hallway wall
    Memorable moment: Photographs of the Nevilles meeting Gordon Brown at Downing Street on a hallway wall
    Impressive: Miss Platt described the home in Manchester city centre as being 'like a mansion in the sky'
    Impressive: Miss Platt described the home in Manchester city centre as being 'like a mansion in the sky'
    Switched on: Control panel for the high-end 'intelligent' lighting system installed in all rooms of the home
    Switched on: Control panel for the high-end 'intelligent' lighting system installed in all rooms of the home
    Manchester skyline: The flat includes a chandelier hanging over a spiral staircase, enclosed balcony areas, a gym, studio, limestone flooring, 'intelligent' lighting schemes and a shower which doubles as a steam room
    Manchester skyline: The flat includes a chandelier hanging over a spiral staircase, enclosed balcony areas, a gym, studio, limestone flooring, 'intelligent' lighting schemes and a shower which doubles as a steam room
    Founder and managing director Jennie Platt said: ‘This is definitely the most expensive apartment we have ever marketed - it’s like a mansion in the sky.

    'This is definitely the most expensive apartment we have ever marketed - it’s like a mansion in the sky'
    Jennie Platt, City Centre Chic
    ‘This is in a prime location and on another level of luxury. We have had quite a few enquiries about this property since we put it up for rent but have yet to find a tenant.
    ‘Because of the transfer window, this is one of the busiest times of year for us in terms of new players, managers and football executives coming to Manchester.’
    Neville spent almost £4million on a palatial new home in Cheshire’s sought-after village of Hale in the heart of Footballers’ Wives country, it was revealed in August 2011.
    The six-bedroom detached new-build mansion was on the market with local agents Gascoigne Halman and includes a cinema, gym, sauna, steam room and large garage.