Tired of the ever-present paparazzi on their doorstep – but not of the local nosheries across the way – Delta Goodrem and fiancé Brian McFadden have packed up their fashionable Woolloomooloo apartment to move to the ‘burbs.
Confidential learned a removalist truck spent all day outside the couple’s Cowper Wharf Rd unit packing up the contents of their place on Wednesday while McFadden surveyed the scene from the cafe across the street.
Following weekend reports that the couple have delayed wedding plans until next year, we were happy to hear the songbirds are not leaving each other – just the celebrity-laden suburb that has been Goodrem’s home for more than five years.
It is believed the pair rented a house in Hunters Hill some weeks ago, test-driving the suburb with a view to buying thereabouts.
It would make the Goodrem-McFaddens neighbours to Cate Blanchett and Kyle Sandilands, a man who rents in the best places.
While a source close to the pair said they seek much-needed privacy, no doubt the strict “no pets” policy at the exclusive Loo complex also prompted them to find a big backyard for their pups Aspen and Vail, a pair of spoilt-looking papillion shih tzus who wouldn’t have responded to more Aussie names like Perisher and Smiggins.
Although McFadden was not on the scene until late 2004, Goodrem bought her pad in Woolloomooloo Bay a year earlier and, with Russell Crowe and radio king John Laws as neighbours, reportedly plans to keep it as an investment property.
“I can’t make a comment about their private living arrangements,” a spokeswoman said. “But I will say the couple are very happy.”
Irish pop star McFadden, a Finger Wharf fixture for some time, oversaw the removalists from the Sienna Marina Cafe across the road. Our spy saw him there at 3pm, beverage in hand, and still at 7pm. Hard work moving house.
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