Lost in Portugal, Bonnie's old villa

Holidaymakers who frequent the resort of Santa Eulalia near Albufeira on the Portuguese Algarve are in for a shock they return in the summer.

Gravelly- voiced singer Bonnie 57, and her property developer husband Robert Sullivan, have knocked down their five-bedroom villa overlooking the to make way for a cutting glass-fronted house.

' We're building on four-and-a-half that meander down to a cove. The land alone is worth 2million,' says Bonnie, who is for hits such as Lost France and Total Eclipse Of Heart.

' The house will cover 10,000sq ft - than our previous home - we've had a water feature to run through the dropping down to a tropical pool landscaped with exotic and trees.

'Robert and I will have the whole of the top storey, below will be three guest suites with balconies and there will be underground parking for everyone.'

Bonnie and Robert, reportedly worth £44million, have an impressive property portfolio that includes three houses and an apartment by the marina in Swansea in Bonnie's native Wales, and 360 acres of land in Berkshire with stabling for 60 horses.

The couple also have a fabulous 1850s house near to Catherine Zeta-Jones's parents in Mumbles, Swansea Bay.

'We're hoping the new build will be worth up to £8million once the market is buoyant again,' says Bonnie, who is currently on tour.