VILLAGERS have branded a modernist Cornwall villa “Hitler’s Bunker” because of its rubber roof.
Despite costing a whopping £2.5k for a week, furious residents say the “WW2 shelter” looks “dreadful” and a complete mismatch to the surrounding area.
Fallen AngelResidents claim that the controversial rubber roof makes the £350k mansion look like ‘Hitler’s bunker’Fallen Heights is marketed as a luxurious villa with ‘creature comforts’[/caption]
GettyThe crumbling facade of the Nazi Chancellory Building that sits on atop the air raid shelter where Hitler committed suicide in 1945[/caption]
The £350,000 glass-fronted property, which snakes like Tetris up a hill and boasts a sea view and “luxurious creature comforts” has become the subject of local scorn.
Neil Brockman, 61, who has lived in the village of Moushole for 45 years, told MailOnline it’s “absolutely ridiculous” that the owners got planning permission.
He added: “It looks like Hitler’s bunker or like a WW2 bomb shelter with that rubber roof.
“It’s completely out of keeping.
“I don’t like things to change, they have got this stupid rubber roof on it.
“It’s c**p, god knows what it cost to build.”
Hitler’s bunker, also known as the Führerbunker is an air raid shelter, near the Reich Chancellery, Berlin.
Hitler famously married his mistress Eva Braun 40 hours before they committed suicide on April 30 1945.
Braun swallowed cyanide and Hitler shot himself after it became clear that Nazi Germany would lose the war.
Another resident, Jane Harveys, 61, added: “You can’t unsee it. It’s dreadful.”
Other residents describe how the local community has suffered with the influx of millionaires descending on the area for its natural beauty.
One resident, who withheld their name, said: “The village has changed, millionaires come here, buy a house, knock it down and money can be no object.”
They claimed that there are only 30 to 40 local people left.
“When they pass away, who’s going to be here?” they pondered.
Thalia Marrington, 50, the deputy leader of the Cornwall county council argued the issue was complex.
She said: “I think what’s sometimes difficult is things are never cut and dry.
“You want to create a harmonious village, and people get worried about anything new or different.
“You have to try to get the emotional bit out of it.”
She concluded that sometimes “you get the wool pulled over your eyes”, so you have to be “quite hard nosed.”
Wars between full-time locals and those building holiday homes are not restricted to Cornwall.
Near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, residents claim a London financier has invaded their privacy after building a three-story “Grand Designs” eyesore that looked straight into their kitchen.
Neighbour Dawn Booke described how builders at the £3 million property could see straight into her kitchen window.
She said: “We have no privacy anymore.
“The new house looks awful. I haven’t met anyone in the village who likes it.”
Anne Elgood, 61, whose family has lived on the road in Old Hunstanton now dubbed “millionaires row” because of the influx of wealthy second home owners branded the building as “ugly” and overbearing.
She accused the owner of breaching planning rules by building an attic and described her fears that the village could be “losing its identity – its character must be protected”.
The village parish council has been forced to ban critics from bombarding councillors with abusive calls as anger amongst the 650-strong village population mounts.
Fallen AngelThe idyllic seaside town of Mousehold and its turquoise waters[/caption]
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