I’d much rather have to gaze upon the incongruous Kensington paint job than live with the violence, paranoia that turned me into a sleepless wreckIn a tremendously swanky area of Kensington, Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring, a property developer, painted the front of her house in garish red-and-white stripes, enraging her neighbours. Now the high court in London is allowing her to keep it that way. And, lucky her – she only uses the house for storage, so she doesn’t have to face her infuriated neighbours, day in, day out.I feel sorry for them. The house looks wildly incongruous, the street must now be fizzing with hatred, and they can’t even have a shout at Lisle-Mainwaring, because she probably isn’t around, and pent-up rage does no one any good. But although the title “property developer” sickens me, and I think she’s wrecked the loveliness and harmony of the street, as difficult neighbours go, she is fairly mild. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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