The Beckhams have upset neighbours over plans to install air conditioning at their London home.
David Beckham and his wife Victoria, pictured, spent £31.5 million on the detached Holland Park house in September 2013 — paying cash. They have spent the past 18 months preparing plans to transform it into a family home.
The couple want to install air-con in five rooms, including the gym and wine cellar. But a neighbour has written a letter saying he “totally disagrees” with the plans, which “will affect the historic character of the Victorian house of the streets, my house included”.
He also highlighted “our deep concerns about all adverse impacts on living conditions from noise, vibration, dirt, pollution and dust from construction and from associated traffic, in addition to concerns about impacts on drainage … on structural stability, and on historic buildings.” The council is expected to decide on the air-conditioning in the next three weeks.
