Mother at war with neighbours over plans to build ‘ugly’ five-bed newbuild home next to her £2.5m Victorian mansion
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A mother has been left furious after her new neighbours were granted permission to build a five-bedroom house just inches from her garden.
Lorie Williams, 47, fears the ‘imposing’ property will knock hundreds of thousands of pounds off her seven-bedroom £2.5million property in Bromley, south east London.
She fears her family will lose all sense of privacy and make them feel like they ‘live in a goldfish bowl’.
‘It’s insane. Who on earth would think it’s the right place for a five-bedroom detached house?’, she told the Daily Mail.
‘We will lose all of our privacy. It’s ugly. It just does not fit in to this area at all. I think it’s terrible.
‘It would be like we live in a goldfish bowl. The house will be inches away from our garden.
‘We would lose any privacy. It makes no sense. The noise of the development will be unbearable. We didn’t sign up to live next to what will be a building site. It’s in totally the wrong area.’
The five-bedroom development was approved in November and will be designed by an architect who plans to live there with his family.
The £2.5million Victorian property looks onto a plot of land where a five-bedroom home will be built
Pictured: The plot of land where Lorie’s neighbours new home will be built
Lorie Williams, 47, fears the ‘imposing’ property will knock hundreds of thousands of pounds off her seven-bedroom £2.5million property in Bromley, south east London
Justin Laurence, the developer, argued that Lorie would not lose her privacy.
He said: ‘A serious amount of care has gone into this project. We have worked with the council at every stage.
‘The issues have been dealt with by the planning department. A lot of time and effort has gone into dealing with the objections and permission has been granted.’
It follows Lorie’s recent restoration project of her own home, which led to her property becoming one of the most expensive in the area.
She worries that this new home will destroy the value she was able to add to her own.
‘We’re thinking what was the point? It would take a large amount from the value of ours. We’ve thought about moving. That was never part of the plan,’ she said.
‘The light and views will be gone forever. All of this is for profit. It really just makes me think we’re going to lose any piece of land for new homes.
Pictured: The view from Lorie’s home – she has been left furious after her new neighbours were granted permission to build a five-bedroom house just inches from her garden
Pictured: An aerial view showing where the new five-bedroom property will be built
‘It’s right next to our fence. It is very imposing. It is a totally ridiculous notion that this tony plot can accommodate a huge property. It will create pollution.
‘Every resident has objected.’
Another neighbour, Diane Sue, 61, whose home also overlooks the development believes it is unnecessary.
She said: ‘We all oppose this. I do not think that plot of land is suitable for a five-bedroom house. It’s a real shame.’