Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pop superstar Taylor Swift picked one of Cleveland’s quietest, oldest-money neighborhoods for their newest home together. Now, according to Deuxmoi, that same quiet is exactly what’s being disrupted by the couple’s fencing plans.
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“A source tells Deuxmoi the couple is allegedly putting up a fence around the property and some neighbors aren’t exactly thrilled, claiming it could interfere with their lake views,” the publication wrote on Instagram. “We’re told there was even a meeting with neighbors over the plans, which allegedly originally included fencing all the way down toward the beach. According to the source, that portion of the plan has since been scrapped.”
The estate at the center of it all is “The Moyenage,” a 21,000-square-foot Tudor-style mansion in Bratenahl, Ohio, an upscale village on Lake Erie just outside downtown Cleveland. Built between 1895 and 1902, the historic property sits on 3.5 acres and includes eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a home theater, wine cellar, fitness center, sauna, and a separate two-bedroom guest cottage that once served as the estate’s gatehouse.
Its ballroom, which doubled as a Prohibition-era speakeasy, has since been converted into a game room. Kelce closed on the $5.35 million purchase in March, roughly four months before he and Swift married at Madison Square Garden on July 3.
For Kelce, the location is personal. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end grew up in nearby Cleveland Heights alongside his brother, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, and has talked openly about wanting to share that part of his life with Swift.
“Getting Tay back to Cleveland and showing her my roots is always something I love doing,” Kelce said on his New Heights podcast.
The news brought some excitement around Bratenahl. The New York Times reported that resident Sharon Klonowski even raised a toast during a canasta game with friends after hearing about the couple’s purchase. Klonowski, who helps organize an annual fundraiser that opens a local lakefront home to visitors, said she hopes Kelce and Swift might eventually do something similar, as Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam have done.
“I don’t want to jinx it,” Klonowski said. “But I bet Taylor and Travis would do it in a heartbeat.”
Bratenahl is well accustomed to famous residents. Beyond the Haslams, former Cleveland Cavaliers players Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson have both owned property in the village, and NBA superstar LeBron James lived in the broader area during his time with the Cavaliers. Bratenahl Mayor John Licastro addressed the couple’s arrival directly in a statement to Fox8, framing it as a test of the community’s usual approach to famous new neighbors.
“We take pride in being a welcoming community, where people can feel connected to their neighbors and also comfortable enjoying their private lives,” Licastro said. “Part of being a good neighbor is offering a warm welcome, and also giving people the privacy and space to simply be at home, no matter who lives next door.”
The fence plans add a wrinkle to what had otherwise been a warm welcome. For Kelce and Swift, privacy is obviously important, but in a close-knit waterfront community, changes around one property can affect the neighbors too. That matters even more in an area where lake views are a big part of the property’s appeal.
Kelce has bought a few homes over the years. He paid about $6 million for his Leawood, Kansas, mansion in 2023, after buying a Kansas City-area home for roughly $995,000 in 2019. Now that Kelce is a married man, Bratenahl residents can expect the Kelces to gather at this top property during occassions.
The reaction in Bratenahl has mostly been positive so far. The fence plans are the one thing that has raised some questions around the property. With work still underway, it remains to be seen how the plans will sit with the neighbors.