This is an adjacent row of impressive proportions. But apparently it only comes down to one thing: who will build the tallest mansion in the millionaire's row.
The extraordinary dispute began when John and Deborah Yeoman bought a traditional house for £1.7 million overlooking Dorset's exclusive Sandbanks Peninsula in 2001 – only to demolish it.
In its place, they built a luxurious three-story house with an indoor swimming pool, today worth £8.8 million.
But then businessman Jeremy Gardner, owner of a lucrative consultancy, bought the relatively modest detached property next door in 2015 for £2.8 million.
John and Deborah Yeoman (pictured) bought a traditional house in 2001 for £1.7 million overlooking Dorset's exclusive Sandbanks Peninsula – only to demolish it
Businessman Jeremy Gardner (pictured) bought the relatively modest detached property next door in 2015 for £2.8 million
He quickly obtained planning permission to demolish it and replace it with an ultra-modern, four-story residence.
Despite demolishing and replacing their own home, the Yeomans have said they are opposed to the development and have unsuccessfully opposed the plan, claiming in a complaint lodged in planning documents that the house will dwarf their home and “destroy the skyline” of where they live, near Poole Port.
Mr. Gardner's new, larger house was completed two years ago. The planning application, duly dwarfed, reveals that company director and property investor, 70-year-old Mr Yeoman, now intends to “reassert the hierarchy of building form” by demolishing his house after just 20 years and replacing it with a gigantic five-story flat house. roof. property.
It would feature a new indoor swimming pool, sauna and steam room, classic car garage, home cinema, boat storage and bar, as well as five family bedrooms, two guest rooms, sea-view balconies on each floor and an elevator.
It is worth noting that the residence will be several inches taller than their neighbor's house.
Even though Gardner had enlarged his house, he rightly opposed the Yeomans' plans, arguing that the house should only be four stories high, which would mean it would be shorter than his house.
In the objection he says: “The proposed development is absolutely enormous, a five-storey block of over 17,000 square feet with 17 parking spaces.
“This is 16 times larger than the average house in the UK and significantly taller and larger than any of the other two, three and four storey houses on the waterfront (on the street).
Mr Gardener obtained planning permission to demolish the property and replace it with an ultra-modern, four-story residence. Mr. Gardner's new, larger house was completed two years ago.
But now Yeoman intends to “restore the hierarchy of building form” by demolishing his house after just 20 years and replacing it with a gigantic five-story flat-roofed property. It is worth noting that the residence will be several inches taller than their neighbor's house
“While most residents would not object to an alternative family home, the sheer size of the proposed block is completely out of step with the other properties. The height should be reduced to four storeys.
Other neighbors are concerned that Yeomans' planned 17 parking spaces will make it easier to convert the development into apartments. The family, whose plans to replace the six-story building were rejected last year, are pushing for planning permission for a five-story building that would allow them to once again look down on Mr. Gardner.
According to Giles Moir, Yeoman's planning agent, the leaflet produced by Mr Gardner has sparked numerous letters of objection citing the size of the development as tantamount to “organizing a shameless campaign of disinformation”.
In the photo: a millionaires' row in the port of Poole in Dorset
Moir added: “The leaflet is an attempt to stir up opposition to the proposal.” Last night Yeomans and Mr Gardner declined to comment.
Harry Redknapp is one of the residents of the famously expensive Sandbanks area and is currently building an Italian villa in the area worth £12 million.
In the street where the warring neighbors live – with beautiful views of Brownsea Island, where Lord Baden-Powell organized the first Scout camp – nothing has sold for less than a million pounds for years.
