Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan’s shared home is undergoing a serious transformation.

The former Towie star, 36, is the proud owner of an Essex mansion with wife Michelle, also 36, and the pair are no strangers to showing it off.

Recently, Michelle shared snaps her husband topless and working in the garden in what we can only describe as a total thirst trap post, regardless of the fact they’ve been married for eight years.

Now Mark himself has shared an update on the incredible transformation their megamansion is undergoing – and proving all that hard work topless in the garden is paying off.

He shared a video of an absolutely massive truck pulling into their drive, filled to the brim with all sorts of plants ready to make their home in Essex with Michelle and Mark.

And the star was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning about it – literally, as he filmed workmen carrying the plants to their new home to the dulcet tones of Santa Claus is Coming To Town (it is still only August, Mark!)

It comes after the reality star proudly showed off that his newly-planted grass is beginning to grow, describing it as ‘the most exciting day I’ve had in six weeks.’

In a video showing their expansive garden nestled in the countryside, he was fizzing with excitement as he declared: ‘The grass is growing. I cannot tell you how much of a buzz this is.’

He revealed they had not actually had any grass in the garden since the mansion became their home, thanks in part to all the work being done around it and trampling anything that might try growing there.

Mark was delighted to finally get to cut his lawn after setting grass down (Picture: wrightyhome / Instagram)

The couple have been sharing updates on their work on the megamansion (Picture: wrightyhome / Instagram)

The video shows a day-to-day update of the grass growing, and by day six a fine carpet of grass can be seen covering the field, with Mark grinning: ‘Everyone else is hating the rain – not me. Because look at that!’

It’s important to the couple to have gorgeous green grass in their garden – not least because they plan on having a good view while they soak in their glorious outdoor pool, which is still being worked on.

Mark and Michelle have long been documenting the renovation of their £3.5 million mansion, with fans massively impressed by the sleek, bespoke bathroom and kitchen.

Fans have loved getting an insight into the £3.5 million home (Picture: wrightyhome / Instagram)

Though not everything was to everyone’s taste, such as the sofa with an absolutely insane amount of cushions on it (Picture: wrightyhome / Instagram)

Having been working on the renovations for almost 18 months, the pair have shown off everything from their new garden to their living room – though did spark some confusion when they proudly revealed their absolutely massive sofa (or rather, what was on it).

The gorgeous cream couch, facing an absolutely massive flatscreen, had no less than 16 cushions on it – yes, 16.

While the cushions weren’t to everyone’s taste however, many were sympathetic when the renovations hit a snag earlier in the year, meaning they were set back by an eye-watering £30,000.

The mansion has been built from scratch, meaning it naturally hasn’t all gone smoothly (Picture: wrightyhome / Instagram)

The presenter explained at the time that ‘Christmas snow’ had stunted the growth of the trees he’d bought and planted to afford him and Michelle some privacy around the border of their property.

He told Heart Radio: ‘I planted some trees in my garden and they all died, and it’s devastating because I spent so long watching them thinking “please grow”.

‘They were my boundary trees to give me a little bit of privacy, and the company blamed it on the soil because obviously the wrong soil can make your plants go bad.

‘I ended up finding out they recommended the wrong plants to me, and it was because they’re not supposed to be out in the open in anything below minus five degrees and at Christmas time it was like minus 15 when it snowed.’

Back in 2021, the Mirror reported that the couple had 60 trees from Tuscany delivered that cost between £500 and £1,000 each, making their total cost £30,000.

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