EXCLUSIVE 'They're looking in the US': Sam Faiers is 'viewing mansions in LA after selling her Essex home'... despite family backlash to her moving plans
Her revelation that she was contemplating a move to Surrey left her family furious.
So news that Sam Faiers is viewing homes in Los Angeles after selling her Essex home will have caused ripples with her tight-knit inner circle.
The former reality star, 25, has lined up a series of viewings Stateside and in England as she decides where to settle with partner Paul Knightley and their one-year-old son, also called Paul.
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Goodbye Essex, hello USA? Sam Faiers is viewing homes in Los Angeles after selling her Essex home
A source close to the star told MailOnline said: 'Samantha is set on moving out of Essex and has sold her Essex Home, herself and Paul are currently looking at properties in Berkshire and Hertfordshire.
'They also have a trip booked to LA next month where they are planning to view properties and decide whether they should make the move Stateside.'
The move comes after Sam was left shocked by her family's reaction to her suggestion of moving to leafy Surrey last year.
During her hit show The Mummy Diaries, she told her mum Sue and sister Billie that she and Paul were looking for a new house in the county, over an hour away from her native Essex.
Where to go? Sam and partner Paul Knightley along with their one-year-old son, also called Paul, could end up moving across the world to Los Angeles, but are also looking at properties in Berkshire and Hertfordshire
Sam said: 'We're looking for a house for our first family home. We want land. I want chickens, a goat, donkeys, probably a horse at some stage.'
Sam tenuously breached the subject to her mum and sister while on holiday, saying: 'The other day we started ringing estate agents and for some reason I like Surrey... (off camera) It gets frosty quite quick.'
A stunned Billie asked her sister: 'What's making you wanna move out of the area? I was shocked because why would you want to live there? I think you'd feel isolated. You have no friends and family. I think it's quite selfish. You wouldn't be able to just pop to the office.
Not taken well: The move comes after Sam was left shocked by her family's reaction to her suggestion of moving to leafy Surrey last year
The two mums: Sam's mum Sue (left) and Paul's mum Gaynor (right) had very different ideas about whether their children should leave Essex
Mother dearest: Gaynor revealed she would move wherever her son and Sam choice - but does that mean LA?
Girls on tour: Sam desperately tried to find the time to announce her moving plans to her tight-knit family
Telling all: Sam tenuously breached the subject to her mum and sister: 'The other day we started ringing estate agents and for some reason I like Surrey... (off camera) It gets frosty quite quick'
Defiant Sam put forward a financial argument: 'You get more for your money than Brentwood or Shenfield' - although her family protested, insisting Surrey is pricey.
Billie then pulled the Gaynor card as she insisted Paul could not be separated from his mum, yet was evidently unaware of Gaynor's plans to follow the family.
She said: 'You wont move away. Paul won't be as far away from his mum. They're too close.' A teaser clip showed the Surrey conversation continuing into next week's episode.
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