Leona Lewis is buying an apartment the area of London she grew up in.

Leona Lewis is buying an apartment the area of London she grew up in.

The 23-year-old singer was raised in the East End borough of Hackney and is
proud of her working class roots, so has decided to splash out on a property
in the area with her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa.
She said: “We were renting it but the landlord was like, 'You have to get
out now.' I talked him into selling it to me. When you're settled it's hard
to move. I really love the place - it's really private and the neighbors
are cool - and it's very close to my parents.”
Despite her success in America, Leona has no plans to move Stateside
permanently.
Although she enjoys traveling and meeting new people, she always finds the
pull of her home city too strong to contemplate living abroad.
She said: “'I don't think I'd move permanently. I love going to America,
there are so many great people there and I spent a lot of time there when I
was recording the album, but I like spending time between the two countries.
“I'm not sure I could permanently uproot myself from the UK - it would be
too hard.”