A FASHIONISTA claims her neighbour's new extension left her home covered in dust and forced her to move out - she's now suing for £265,000 in damages. Stylist Maria Serra has taken her neighbour in London's swanky Notting Hill to court over claims dust from his building work ruined her collection of designer handbags . Serra says that property guru neighbour David Harvey created disastrous "dust ingress" into her £570,000 flat whilst having an extension built .
The dust made her home "uninhabitable" forcing her to move out and soiling her £14,000 collection of high-fashion handbags. Serra, 54, - who describes herself as “an international fashion stylist and creative director” - also claims her flat was damaged by the works. She is now suing downstairs neighbours - high end estate agent Harvey and his wife Katherine - for more than £265,000 to cover damages.
That amount includes the cost of replacing or restoring her collection of 26 vintage handbags from designers including Chanel and Paco Rabanne . But lawyers for the couple are denying the building works caused "dust ingress" to Serra's flat and have slammed her damages claim as "frankly absurd". At a hearing before Judge Margaret Obi at the High Court in London, lawyers for Serra said in written submissions that there had been "a history of disagreements" between Serra and her neighbours.
She bought her ground floor flat in a converted house in Chesterton Road, Notting Hill, in 2008, after the Harveys had bought th.
