Posh Neighbors at War (Striped House Documentary) | Real Stories
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Published 2021-03-07
From the woman who hit the headlines worldwide for painting her exclusive Kensington mews house in bright red stripes, infuriating neighbors in the process, to the couple whose loud back garden operas are causing a commotion in the countryside and the unhappy denizens of Hampstead who are up in arms about noisy gardeners, we lift the lid on these most upmarket of neighborly rows. At the heart of the documentary is the battle between two multi-millionaire neighbors, businessman Niall Carroll; and Zipporah Lisle Mainwaring, the woman behind the stripes.
In March last year, Zipporah Lisle Mainwaring got the exterior of her Kensington property painted in bright red stripes – very different from the muted tones of the multi-million-pound houses on either side. This action came in the midst of an ongoing legal argument about her plans to turn this two-story property into a dream home, complete with a basement pool and cinema. But basement developments in London have become highly controversial, and we’ll explore both sides of the planning issues around not only this case, but others too, and we follow Zipporah’s case as it escalates to a public inquiry.
We meet Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s sister, author Rachel Johnson, herself one of the most outspoken Notting Hill residents on what she sees as the horrors of living next door to a basement build, and Oscar-winning actor Tom Conti at his Hampstead home. He shares his fury that his beloved peace and quiet has been broken with the latest trend – to use noisy leafblowers instead of quiet rakes to keep their lawns looking lovely!
From Posh Neighbours at War
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All Comments (21)
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Whose side are you on? Keep the stripes or repaint the house as the neighbours have wanted?
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The hypocrisy and selfishness of the neighbour wasting all that time and money objecting to the building of a basement extension, when thats precisely what he did to his neighbours
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She even left the last stripe unfinished just to really piss people off. Legend
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They wouldn’t let Zipporah make an auditory nuisance. So she treated them to a visual catastrophe. Game set match 👏
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I love the way she screamed back at the neighbors, with color. 😂 Her neighbors are very snooty. She wears her money well.
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That woman has my respect. She refuses to be bullied.
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Update: She tore the whole house down and is currently in the process of building a new house from scratch, undoubtedly driving those horrible neighbors completely insane.
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It's so strange to get a glimpse into the world of people that don't have any real problems.
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I came into this expecting to dislike her, but I actually adore her and admire her defense of her rights as a homeowner. I also kind of liked the stripes 😊.
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"because a queen has a tiara doest mean everyone should have a tiara" jesus this guy thinks he matters
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"If the councel force me to repaint the stripes I will, but it won't be white" my god this lady is badass
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honestly, I love the stripes. it feels like I'm looking at an iconic scene
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WELL DONE Ms Zapporah! It's your house and you can paint it as you like! It's unique, artist, and YOURS!
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Went to read more about it. On 2017, a judge decided that section 215 cannot be used for aesthetics reasons, so she could keep the white and red color scheme and finally was allowed to renovate the house but only with 1 basement and not with 2 level basement. Regardless if we think it was a waste of money, if we were in her shoes, we would also fight for our rights. She set a precedent in court that can also help other people. I was shocked how there were hints of corruption and everbody was ok with it. The man contacting somebody from the council and checking "what can be done" (not if it was right or wrong per se), is a clear example how they try to twist a regulation (section 215) in their favor to cut other people's right. Some people want to blame her for being petty but who really started this was his hypocrite neighbor that could not out bid her and probably rallied the neighbours to block her plans to renovate, when they at some point also renovated their homes and have a 2 level basement.
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"My neighbor did not like the red and white stripes and I suppose that made them more attractive to me ": aha! Give Ziporrah her Tiara!!... I love a petty Queen LOL
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*I think a building warehouse would be appropriate..." 😅😅 Brilliant.
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How do we expect children to listen to us about not bullying the 'different' kid in class, while we act like this to other adults in front of them. Unreal.
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How lovely it must be when your biggest worry in life is what colours your neighbour has used on their house!
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The fact that these ppl are so up in arms about some stripes or a leaf blower just shows you what their problems are like...Non existent. Cry me a river!
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This was an extremely well done documentary. I don't know how you managed to get interviews with so many people
