Pickle Cottage has become closely connected with Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash’s family story. It has hosted major celebrations, creative renovations and the everyday moments viewers have followed through social media and their BBC programme.
Recent tabloid reports suggest the couple have shown interest in a larger Victorian property in Essex, potentially giving Stacey another substantial renovation project. However, Stacey and Joe have not publicly confirmed that they are leaving Pickle Cottage, so any possible move should currently be treated as speculation rather than a completed decision.
Their relationship began long before the cottage entered their lives. Stacey and Joe first met through I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2010, when Joe was working on the programme’s companion show following his own earlier jungle victory. Friendship came first, and they did not begin dating until 2016.
As their relationship developed, they brought together a blended family. Stacey already had sons Zachary and Leighton, while Joe had his son Harry. The couple later welcomed Rex in 2019, Rose in 2021 and Belle in 2023, creating a lively household shaped by six children across the wider family.
Joe proposed on Christmas Eve in 2020, choosing a woodland setting connected to the family’s regular walks. The engagement marked another step in a relationship that had grown gradually from friendship into a long-term partnership.
The family moved to the Essex property known as Pickle Cottage in 2021. Stacey soon began documenting its transformation, sharing decorating ideas, handmade projects and family-friendly changes that made the house familiar to millions of followers.
The home later became the setting for some of their most meaningful milestones. Rose and Belle were both welcomed during the family’s years there, while Stacey and Joe married in the grounds of the property on 24 July 2022 after previously delaying their plans.
In 2025, audiences were invited further into their home life through the BBC series Stacey & Joe. The programme followed their marriage, parenting and busy household without presenting family life as perfectly organised at every moment. A six-part second series was subsequently commissioned for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
That television connection makes reports of a possible move especially interesting to viewers. Pickle Cottage is more than a recognisable backdrop: it has become part of the public story surrounding the couple and their family.
Even so, a new property would not erase what the cottage represents. It would simply offer another setting in which the family could create memories and, potentially, take on a fresh renovation challenge.
Until Stacey or Joe shares an announcement directly, it is safest to describe the situation as a reported possibility. Whether they remain at Pickle Cottage or eventually move nearby, their journey continues to be defined less by a particular house than by the family life they have built together.
