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I just read another marvelous post from the most articulate and amusing
Blue at The Blue Remembered Hills.
The timing of the article was so pertinent as I had just finished reading this article about a house painted in red and white stripes in one of the poshest areas if not the poshest area of London.
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| "Circus house" in Kensington Via |
broadsheets, local gazettes to redtops
( links on all three if you wish to read further )
because it touches on
British obsessions of home ownership, class, money and taste.
The house is worth an estimated £15 million pounds and neighbours think she painted it like this as revenge for the street for objecting to basement and redevelopment applications.
Interestingly we had a situation on our street last year.
We have a house on my street where the newest just moved in owner occupant states she is an artist.
I normally love artists - if they actually are artists.
We have a house on my street where the newest just moved in owner occupant states she is an artist.
I normally love artists - if they actually are artists.
Apart from various behavior patterns that I shan't bore you with, she put fake green astroturf grass in front of her house.
( The street is a cobbled mews and there is a few feet in front of the house in which most people put plants and chairs -
she chose astroturf as a base.)
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she chose astroturf as a base.)
A few of the neighbours raised the literal and proverbial eyebrow. Fake flowers indoors is pushing limits at the best of time but fake grass outside!
So one neighbour took action and found a clause pertaining to our council with the help of a local planning officer that stated any display on the exterior of the house that is not considered in good taste must be removed. ( I wanted to ask him more about this but he's not around this weekend.)
He got a local councillor in our borough to mention this to the "artist" and luckily she got rid of the eyesore without it having to escalate into an unnecessary squabble.
But in the case of this red and white striped home, the owner is being insistent and the matter has become litigious.
But it is also very telling about the U.K. psyche that the Telegraph has done a front page article about the personality and biography on the lady who has done this deed. There have not been such lateral attacks and exposes on some convicted criminals!
The article is also ranking as the most popular link today.
But in the case of this red and white striped home, the owner is being insistent and the matter has become litigious.
But it is also very telling about the U.K. psyche that the Telegraph has done a front page article about the personality and biography on the lady who has done this deed. There have not been such lateral attacks and exposes on some convicted criminals!
The article is also ranking as the most popular link today.
I am sure this story will be followed and the nation will be updated on any change in the facade or planning approvals and rejections.
I suppose when such large sums of money are at stake that a gentle word and lending out cups of sugar or a pint of milk doesn't do the trick. All I can suggest is bake a batch of gluten and wheat free cookies ( one can't be too safe these days) or have a street party to maintain and foster good neighbor relations!
You don't want to be on the front page...
I suppose when such large sums of money are at stake that a gentle word and lending out cups of sugar or a pint of milk doesn't do the trick. All I can suggest is bake a batch of gluten and wheat free cookies ( one can't be too safe these days) or have a street party to maintain and foster good neighbor relations!
You don't want to be on the front page...
