Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce’s New Neighbor Sparks Outrage With Divorce Prediction At Town Meeting

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Ten-foot shrubs have stirred up a small town. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce want them around their $5.35 million home in Bratenahl, Ohio, and a few locals pushed back hard. At an Architectural Review Board meeting, one man reportedly said the newlyweds will divorce and sell the place within ten years. The room booed him. The board then approved the plans without a single vote against. Page Six first reported the story.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Ohio home: what happened at the meeting

About 35 people packed the room to talk landscaping. The couple married in July and have been settling into the estate since. Their plan to add tall privacy shrubs became the main target.

One resident called the project "ridiculous." He claimed the house would become a timeshare, then get sold in a decade once Swift and Kelce "inevitably divorce." Boos followed. He did not flinch. "That's fine, it's just a different opinion."

Other complaints stayed on the plants. Neighbor Chuck Bauernschmidt reportedly worried the shrubs would make the area feel like a "forest." Lucy Weller raised an environmental concern. She wants the couple to choose native plants that feed and shelter wildlife instead of a classic lawn. "I don't think this landscape does anything to provide for any of the wildlife," she noted.

Bratenahl neighbors: who defended the couple

Plenty of people in the room took the other side. Resident Vasiliki Diamantis said the community should feel privileged that two of the world's biggest stars picked Bratenahl. A local lawyer went further. He told the crowd it would be a "shame" if the town failed to give its new neighbors a warm welcome.

The board agreed with the supporters and approved the plans unanimously. Swift and Kelce skipped the meeting. Their house manager and construction team showed up for them.

Think about how odd that scene is. A routine hearing on hedges, the kind that usually draws a few retirees and a stack of paperwork, filled a room and landed in headlines. That is the price of living next door to Taylor Swift.

Privacy is clearly the goal here. The couple are photographed almost everywhere they go, and a tall green wall is a cheap way to get some peace. Whether the neighbors come around is another matter, and the renovations are far from done. More meetings may be coming.

As for the divorce forecast, it says more about the man who made it than about the couple. A marriage is not a zoning case.