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Frances Kindon & Paige Holland

What happens to Love Island villa once show ends - and why Miley Cyrus once visited

After six weeks of sharking, dumping and dramatic head turns, the doors to the Love Island villa are set to close once more.

But what happens to the £5.3million mansion in Cape Town, South Africa, once the cameras stop rolling?

Situated in one of the city's most exclusive streets, dubbed 'Millionaire's Row' by locals, the sprawling pad is owned by Italian businessman Luca Bechis.

With 3.5 acres of land, the property - known as Midden Cottage - boasts three swimming pools, six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a cinema, library and gym.

It sits in the shadow of Table Mountain alongside 32 of the most exclusive mansions in the city and was purchased for £2.65m in 2010 before the owner moved out in 2018 and put it up for sale.

The owners probably don't have much use for all the many, many spaces to 'have a chat' (ITV)

Since then, married father-of-three Luca has rented it out, with Netflix filming its Black Mirror episode with Miley Cyrus there and ITV said to have stumped up £103,000 a month to rent it.

Needless to say, any potential tenants probably don't want 'girl code' lights, a Beach Hut and a Hideaway, so once the Islanders leave, it's time for the crew to dismantle the changes that originally took two whole months to make.

The home is usually completely open plan but was divided up with false walls to create the rooms needed for the show.

The villa stood in as Miley's mansion in Black Mirror (Netflix)
A fake wall has been erected to hide the back windows (ITV)

The back wall of the upstairs living room is totally fake and hides panoramic windows with views across the city.

The grass is also fake - despite being laid over real grass - as are most of the plants.

As for the fire pit, that was actually made in the UK and gets packed away until the next time, while the stairs that connect the gardens will need to be removed as they were constructed purely for the show.

The owner shared a shot of the villa pre-Love Island on Facebook (FaceBook)
The beds all have to be shipped out, along with the wall lights and brightly coloured soft furnishings (ITV)

It's not yet clear whether the villa will be used for another Love Island - unlike the original villa in Majorca, Spain, which is expected to play host to the summer version of the show later this year.

That impressive pad is situated in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar and you can actually stay in it for about £3,000 a week - when the Islanders aren't in it of course!

It's owned by a multi-millionaire German businessman Nikolaus Broschek, who is said to be distantly related to the Queen.

The fire pit was shipped over from the UK (ITV)

The set has remained largely unchanged since it was first used in 2017, although it's expected to get a bit of an upgrade this year to reflect the success of certain aspects of the Cape Town villa.

For the first time ever there was a pull out bed named the Dog House for those who landed themselves in the bad books.

And just over the wall from the day beds lay an entire production village, while fake walls were added to the garden for 'hides' so camera people could collect footage without the Islanders knowing they're there.

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