The Truth behind Hannah Spearritt's 'off-grid' Life In Costa Rica

Former S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt has actually just recently thrilled her Instagram followers with posts from her picturesque new tropical home in Costa Rica, where she and her partner Adam Thomas are identified to 'live off the land'.

Hannah, 44, altered her bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and developer now living the uninhibited jungle life.'

But as these exclusive images show, even an eco-warrior requires the occasional visit to the supermarket in their gas-guzzling 4x4.

Recently, Adam, 45, filled up the couple's 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up with the weekly store at the big BM grocery store in Dominical, about half an hour down the mountain from where the couple and their two young children have based themselves.

Hannah and Adam's hillside estate with its own waterfalls and spectacular views of lush green valleys is a far cry from their life in Britain, which they waved farewell to in January.

Hannah revealed to her 348k Instagram followers that the couple now plan to 'discover permaculture' so they can 'live off the land' growing fruit and veggies.

But residents and other expats in the hills above Dominical on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, informed MailOnline that the difficulties of self-sufficiency can be 'tremendous'.

'Obviously it depends upon a number of elements such as just how much dough you have, how much land and above all, just how much experience,' said an American member of the local ex-pat Facebook group, Domi Crew.

Hannah Spearritt (left) of S Club 7 fame and her partner Adam Thomas (best) gave up the UK in January for a brand-new and exotic life Costa Rica where they are apparently living off the land

Despite Hannah changing her Instagram bio to: 'Prepper, survivalist and developer now living the uninhibited jungle life', Adam was seen this week stockpiling on the weekly shop at B&M

Adam was seen bring a McDonald's soft beverage cup as he left the household's gas-guzzling 4x4 truck. B&M supermarket offers a variety of items consisting of soft drinks, confectionery, and alcohol, as well as toiletries and cleansing items and garden furnishings

Hannah has been publishing about her picturesque life in Costa Rica - and included this image of herself on the balcony of their home neglecting tropical jungle

Hannah has actually offered a look at her new life in Costa Rica living as a 'prepper and survivalist'

'It can be done, of course, but there are a great deal of people who have actually tried and underestimated how challenging it is, then been forced to look for some other type of paid work instead to manage.'

If that should take place to Hannah and Adam, there would be a lot of chances in the thriving traveler and surfing resort of Dominical, ought to the couple decide to work.

The town is less than half an hour's drive down the mountain in their huge gas-guzzling 3.0 litre diesel Toyota Hi Lux pick-up which Hannah flaunted on Instagram recently.

There is a large range of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end dining establishments, healthy food stores, junk food restaurants and a substantial BM supermarket, where the couple have actually both been seen.

Though some Instagram fans have presumed the couple's wooden house with remarkable views of the sunrise from the terrace would be 'off grid', it probably is not.

More than 99 per cent of the numerous villas and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electriicty and most boast a/c and high-speed web as well, delivered either by fibre optic cable television or satellite.

Judging by pictures posted by Adam on Facebook in their airy kitchen with a high vaulted ceiling, the family won't lack any mod cons in the home.

At the grocery store this week, MailOnline found Adam packing a trolley high with goods including loo paper and bread to take home. Before heading back to their apartment or condo, he emptied the truck of some rubbish including a soft drink cup from McDonald's.

One genuine estate agent in Dominical told MailOnline: 'There is a really healthy residential or commercial property market around here and it's driven by immigrants. Many of them are digital nomads running their service from here since it's gorgeous, with the jungle, the beaches and the quality of life.

'But actually earning a living from the land is a tough task, unless you have substantial resources and knowledge, or have adequate residential or commercial property to rent it out to paying guests.'

Hannah posted this video of a campfire and a Volkswagen camper van as part of the family's new beginnings after giving up the UK for the warmer climes of main America

However, the truth is that Hannah and Adam are using this environmentally unfriendly 3.0 litre diesel Hi Lux pick-up truck to do the everyday chores like popping to the supermarket

Hannah transferred to Costa Rica after a series of well-publicised problems including the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole and the row over her giving up S Club 7

It's not understood just how much capital Hannah and Adam have between them, but their plans to open a holistic food store in Twickenham had actually to be shelved last year, apparently since of spiralling costs.

The business residential or commercial property in the heart of Twickenham village, purchased in Hannah's name in November 2018 for ₤ 520,000 with a mortgage, was sold in March, having actually been on the marketplace for ₤ 900,000.

Adam announced the couple's relocate to Central America back in January with a foul-mouthed attack on Britain, declaring 'F *** the UK and f *** the f *** ing lot of them. We GOOONE!!!'.

His intemperate Facebook post was accompanied by a sweet image of his two children, Taya, five and four-year-old Tora, in a hammock at their sensational rain forest house.

But the bitter tone of his invective against politicians of all colors, and 'nosey jobsworth c *** s in every federal government department and the NHS' raised another question.

Could an awful incident which saw the couple clash with authorities and social workers three years back over an injury to their infant child have been a consider their choice to quit Britain?

The transfer to Costa Rica gave an end a well-publicised problem couple of years for Hannah, that included the death of her ex-boyfriend and band member Paul Cattermole in 2023, her awkward departure from S Club 7, a dreadful breast implant surgery resulting in years of ill health and a spell in rehabilitation to wean her off effective pain medication.

But less popular is among the darkest chapters in her 2023 autobiography, Facing the Music, billed as a 'searingly candid memoir', concerning a clash between the couple and social services.

In December 2022, while house-sitting for pals in Virginia Water, Surrey, press reports branded the couple 'homeless' while they were in between rental flats.

When then toddler Tora suffered an injury, believed to be triggered by a pet leaping up and scratching her eyelid, Hannah wrote: 'We discovered ourselves on the radar of social services, an absolutely absurd situation to be in, absolutely unjustified.'

She recalled the dreadful incident when she ran toward the sound of Tora's screams: 'The scene that I came across in the living space will stick with me permanently. Tora was basing on the couch, eyelids horrifically lacerated and the worst facial injury I have actually ever seen.'

At the medical facility, she wrote: 'Among the nurses was available in, and asked Adam if she might have a word with him outside. What I didn't understand was that as soon as he left the space, the authorities were waiting for him and jailed him, taking him off in handcuffs.

'What was already a dreadful scenario had actually ramped up to something inexpressible'.

When the family landed in Costa Rica Hannah's partner Adam posted this photo on his public Facebook page of their two daughters and included an expletive-laden tirade at the UK

Adam - imagined in the couple's large Costa Rica apartment or condo - ranted about Keir Starmer, the Tories, Reform and the NHS as he stated goodbye to Britain

But after the bitterness of quitting the UK, the family's imagine a brand-new live have actually become a reality as they take pleasure in early morning waterfall strolls and an outside play ground as part of their everyday lives

Hannah claimed that media reports about their temporary homelessness had in some way persuaded the authorities that it was likely that one or other of them had caused their daughter's injuries.

She said: 'It's genuinely frightening to think that somebody with absolutely no proof can paint a photo like that which influences someone being detained and secured while their daughter lies in a health center bed, waiting on major surgical treatment.'

She included: 'It felt like persecution, among those police specifies that people discuss.

'Honestly, I do not think I can ever forgive individuals responsible, although we've striven to forget about it, and them, as quickly as possible.'

Nevertheless, while the social services conducted their investigation, she said, the family needed to reside in lodging where other accountable adults existed.

She added: 'This was adding insult to severe injury and bearing in mind my progressive decrease in health usually, I was really starting to misery.'

It wasn't the very first time Adam Thomas had been investigated for alleged violence. In 2016, he was charged with assaulting Hannah in a domestic argument, and daunting a witness.

But when the case came to trial, it collapsed, and he was discovered not guilty of typical attack and witness intimidation throughout a hearing at Kingston Crown Court. The court heard that three prosecution witnesses were not available which the case could not proceed.

Adam Thomas was found not guilty and released.

Hannah and Adam are thought to have actually chosen Costa Rica to settle after enjoying a trip to the stunning area in 2018.

Hannah has actually repeatedly taken to Instagram to wax lyrical about how well the relocation has ended up for them and marvelled at the charm of Costa Rica

The go to initially motivated them to set up the café, Fire and Earth, in Twickenham in 2022. However, it was never prepared to open completely and they offered up previously this year.

A source stated: 'It's the most recent in a sequence of setbacks. The brand-new plan is selling up and moving to Costa Rica to live off the land.'

Meanwhile Hannah, who has experienced an autoimmune condition given that 2013, had actually been set to join her former band on their comeback trip in 2023 however took out following a feud over agreements.

Following the row, the other members - Rachel Stevens, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh and Tina Barrett - announced that they would continue as a five-piece.

Along with living off the land, there is a large of luxury hotels, yoga retreats, craft breweries, high-end restaurants, natural food stores, junk food restaurants offered to Hannah and Adam

All the mod cons are readily available to the household with 99 percent of the many rental properties and farms dotted in the forest are on mains electricity and most boast a/c and high-speed web

Hannah was stated to have actually been blindsided by the S Club announcement, with her being left on bad terms with the band in which she increased to popularity in the early 2000s.

She then reportedly prepared in attorneys and made the bold transfer to release her autobiography on the same day the band would have taken to the phase.

Before Paul's death, all seven members of the chart-topping band at first verified they were reuniting for a landmark 25th anniversary trip.

Hannah at first declined to join the line-up, pointing out an absence of childcare and just consented to sign up with when music supervisor Simon Fuller used to pay for nannies to come along.

Two months later on, band member Paul passed away, and Hannah then accepted a five-figure amount to inform her story, which left a bitter taste in the staying band member's mouths.