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An architect has been told to tear down the luxury garden room he built to use as a gym in the grounds of his £900,000 mansion.
Graeme Andrew, 47, needed retrospective planning permission for the glass-fronted unit on land behind his home in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire.
Planning permission was originally granted but after the building was moved closer to the boundary fence during construction the council needed to offer permission again.
But neighbours on his exclusive estate launched a flurry of complaints, saying it detracted from the area and did not integrate with surrounding developments.
It was also claimed there were noise and privacy issues and that it overshadowed properties.
Senpai Graeme helping grade the white belt students in Nelson s dojo.
Graeme Andrews’ working life is the quintessential story of the ‘corporate suit who went bush.’ Literally. After a 35-year career in banking, much of it managing branches in Nelson and Blenheim, Andrews pulled off his tie, packed away his business shirts and, despite all his best-laid plans to semi-retire, he soon became a Department of Conservation ranger in the beautiful native forests surrounding the Nelson Lakes. While living in Blenheim 10 years ago, Andrews and his wife, Fran, a teacher and occupational therapist, read an inspiring article about a woman who had built her own home in the remote countryside. That was the catalyst, Andrews says, to begin their own real estate search. It led them to the tiny alpine village of St Arnaud.