The Truth behind Hannah Spearritt's 'off-grid' Life In Costa Rica
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Former S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt has actually just recently thrilled her Instagram followers with posts from her picturesque brand-new home in Costa Rica, where she and her partner Adam Thomas are determined to 'live off the land'.
Hannah, 44, altered her bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and creator now living the uninhibited jungle life.'
But as these special images show, even an eco-warrior needs the periodic see to the grocery store in their gas-guzzling 4x4.
Last week, Adam, 45, filled up the couple's 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up with the weekly shop at the big BM supermarket in Dominical, about half an hour down the mountain from where the couple and their two young children have actually based themselves.
Hannah and Adam's hillside estate with its own waterfalls and spectacular views of lush green valleys is a far cry from their life in Britain, which they waved goodbye to in January.
Hannah revealed to her 348k Instagram followers that the couple now prepare to 'learn permaculture' so they can 'live off the land' growing fruit and veggies.
But residents and other expats in the hills above Dominical on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, informed MailOnline that the difficulties of self-sufficiency can be 'enormous'.
'Naturally it depends upon numerous factors such as just how much dough you have, how much land and above all, how much experience,' said an American member of the local ex-pat Facebook group, Domi Crew.
Hannah Spearritt (left) of S Club 7 popularity and her partner Adam Thomas (best) gave up the UK in January for a brand-new and exotic life Costa Rica where they are obviously living off the land
Despite Hannah changing her Instagram bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and creator now living the uninhibited jungle life', Adam was seen this week stockpiling on the weekly shop at B&M
Adam was seen carrying a McDonald's soda cup as he got out of the family's gas-guzzling 4x4 truck. B&M supermarket sells a series of products consisting of sodas, confectionery, and alcohol, along with toiletries and cleaning items and garden furniture
Hannah has actually been publishing about her picturesque life in Costa Rica - and included this photo of herself on the terrace of their apartment or condo ignoring tropical jungle
Hannah has provided a peek at her new life in Costa Rica living as a 'prepper and survivalist'
'It can be done, obviously, however there are a great deal of people who've tried and underestimated how tough it is, then been required to search for some other type of paid work rather to manage.'
If that should take place to Hannah and Adam, there would be a lot of chances in the growing traveler and browsing resort of Dominical, should the couple choose to work.
The town is less than half an hour's drive down the mountain in their huge gas-guzzling 3.0 litre diesel Toyota Hi Lux pick-up which Hannah revealed off on Instagram recently.
There is a wide variety of high-end hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end dining establishments, health food shops, fast food restaurants and a substantial BM grocery store, where the couple have both been seen.
Though some Instagram fans have actually assumed the couple's wood home with marvelous views of the sunrise from the terrace would be 'off grid', it probably is not.
More than 99 per cent of the lots of vacation homes and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electriicty and most boast a/c and high-speed internet also, provided either by fibre optic cable or satellite.
Judging by pictures published by Adam on Facebook in their airy kitchen area with a high vaulted ceiling, the family won't lack any mod cons in the home.
At the grocery store this week, MailOnline spotted Adam packing a trolley high with items consisting of loo paper and bread to take home. Before heading back to their home, he emptied the truck of some rubbish including a soda cup from McDonald's.
One real estate representative in Dominical told MailOnline: 'There is an extremely healthy residential or commercial property market around here and it's driven by immigrants. A number of them are digital wanderers running their company from here since it's lovely, with the jungle, the beaches and the lifestyle.
'But really earning a living from the land is a difficult task, unless you have considerable resources and knowledge, or have enough residential or commercial property to lease it out to paying visitors.'
Hannah posted this video of a campfire and a Volkswagen camper van as part of the family's brand-new beginnings after giving up the UK for the warmer climates of main America
However, the reality is that Hannah and Adam are utilizing this ecologically unfriendly 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up truck to do the day-to-day chores like popping to the supermarket
Hannah moved to Costa Rica after a series of well-publicised problems consisting of the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole and the row over her giving up S Club 7
It's not known just how much capital Hannah and Adam have in between them, however their strategies to open a holistic supermarket in Twickenham needed to be shelved in 2015, apparently due to the fact that of spiralling expenses.
The business residential or commercial property in the heart of Twickenham town, purchased in Hannah's name in November 2018 for ₤ 520,000 with a mortgage, was sold in March, having actually been on the marketplace for ₤ 900,000.
Adam revealed the couple's relocate to Central America back in January with a foul-mouthed attack on Britain, declaring 'F *** the UK and f *** the f *** ing great deal of them. We GOOONE!!!'.
His intemperate Facebook post was accompanied by a sweet image of his 2 daughters, Taya, five and four-year-old Tora, in a hammock at their sensational tropical rain forest home.
But the bitter tone of his invective versus politicians of all shades, and 'nosey jobsworth c *** s in every government department and the NHS' raised another concern.
Could an ugly occurrence which saw the couple clash with cops and social employees 3 years back over an injury to their baby daughter have been an element in their choice to quit Britain?
The relocation to Costa Rica gave an end a well-publicised headache few years for Hannah, that included the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole in 2023, her uncomfortable departure from S Club 7, a disastrous breast augmentation surgical treatment leading to years of illness and a spell in rehab to wean her off effective pain reliever.
But less popular is one of the darkest chapters in her 2023 autobiography, Facing the Music, billed as a 'searingly honest narrative', concerning a clash in between the couple and social services.
In December 2022, while house-sitting for good friends in Virginia Water, Surrey, press reports branded the couple 'homeless' while they were between rental flats.
When then toddler Tora suffered an injury, thought to be brought on by a pet leaping up and scratching her eyelid, Hannah wrote: 'We found ourselves on the radar of social services, a definitely outrageous scenario to be in, completely unjustified.'
She remembered the horrific incident when she ran towards the noise of Tora's screams: 'The scene that I came across in the living room will stick with me forever. Tora was standing on the sofa, eyelids horrifically lacerated and the worst facial injury I have actually ever seen.'
At the medical facility, she composed: 'One of the nurses was available in, and asked Adam if she could have a word with him outside. What I didn't know was that as quickly as he left the room, the cops were waiting for him and jailed him, taking him off in handcuffs.
'What was currently an awful situation had ramped up to something inexpressible'.
When the household landed in Costa Rica Hannah's partner Adam published this picture on his public Facebook page of their two daughters and included an expletive-laden rant at the UK
Adam - envisioned in the couple's spacious Costa Rica apartment or condo - ranted about Keir Starmer, the Tories, Reform and the NHS as he bid farewell to Britain
But after the bitterness of quitting the UK, the household's dreams of a brand-new live have actually come real as they delight in early morning waterfall walks and an outdoor playground as part of their everyday lives
Hannah declared that media reports about their temporary homelessness had in some way persuaded the authorities that it was most likely that one or other of them had actually inflicted their child's injuries.
She stated: 'It's really frightening to think that somebody with definitely no evidence can paint a picture like that which influences somebody being apprehended and locked up while their daughter lies in a medical facility bed, awaiting major surgical treatment.'
She added: 'It seemed like persecution, among those police states that people speak about.
'Honestly, I do not think I can ever forgive the individuals responsible, although we have actually made every effort to ignore it, and them, as rapidly as possible.'
Nevertheless, while the social services conducted their examination, she said, the family had to live in accommodation where other responsible adults existed.
She added: 'This was adding insult to serious injury and bearing in mind my gradual decrease in health normally, I was actually beginning to anguish.'
It wasn't the very first time Adam Thomas had actually been investigated for supposed violence. In 2016, he was charged with attacking Hannah in a domestic argument, and frightening a witness.
But when the case concerned trial, it collapsed, and he was discovered not guilty of common attack and witness intimidation throughout a hearing at Kingston Crown Court. The court heard that three prosecution witnesses were not readily available and that the case might not proceed.
Adam Thomas was found not guilty and discharged.
Hannah and Adam are believed to have selected Costa Rica to settle after taking pleasure in a journey to the sensational area in 2018.
Hannah has actually consistently required to Instagram to wax lyrical about how well the relocation has actually turned out for them and marvelled at the beauty of Costa Rica
The visit initially influenced them to set up the coffee shop, Fire and Earth, in Twickenham in 2022. However, it was never ever prepared to open fully and they sold up previously this year.
A source said: 'It's the current in a sequence of setbacks. The brand-new plan is selling up and transferring to Costa Rica to live off the land.'
Meanwhile Hannah, who has struggled with an autoimmune condition because 2013, had been set to join her former band on their comeback tour in 2023 but pulled out following a fight over contracts.
Following the row, the other members - Rachel Stevens, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh and Tina Barrett - announced that they would continue as a five-piece.
Along with living off the land, there is a large of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end dining establishments, healthy food stores, junk food dining establishments available to Hannah and Adam
All the mod cons are available to the family with 99 percent of the lots of villas and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electrical power and most boast air conditioning and high-speed internet
Hannah was said to have actually been blindsided by the S Club statement, with her being left on bad terms with the band in which she increased to fame in the early 2000s.
She then reportedly drafted in lawyers and made the vibrant relocate to launch her autobiography on the same day the band would have taken to the phase.
Before Paul's death, all seven members of the chart-topping band at first verified they were reuniting for a landmark 25th anniversary trip.
Hannah initially declined to sign up with the line-up, citing a lack of childcare and just accepted join when music manager Simon Fuller provided to spend for nannies to come along.
Two months later on, band member Paul passed away, and Hannah then accepted a five-figure amount to inform her story, which left a bitter taste in the staying band member's mouths.
The Dancing On Ice star apologised to S Club's fans for deciding to leave but said she had to do what was finest for herself and her household.
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