Cruise plans hilltop retreat
Tom Cruise is looking to build his dream family home overlooking California's San Fernando Valley after secretly acquiring a plot from the Church of Scientology.
Church officials reportedly bought the remote hilltop plot last year for $10m (€7.82m) and now top Sientologist Cruise hopes to build a home there for himself, wife-to-be Katie Holmes, their baby daughter Suri and his two adopted children, Isabella and Conor.
A source tells American publication In Touch that the movie star plans to spend up to $25m (€19.56m) on the project after agreeing to knock down one existing property and buying up a second next door.
Cruise and his clan won't be alone on their hilltop retreat however. According to a real estate insider, his plans to buy a third neighbour's home have been thwarted because the family has no wish to move.
Cruise plans to wed fiancee Holmes at the end of the summer.
