Luxury Home Construction Drives Neighbors Crazy

0:00On April 21st, a millionaire businessman in St. Andrew Scotland is turning an old cottage near the famous Old Course into a luxury three-story home. But the heavy construction has vibrations, shaking nearby home so bad, it's driving neighbors crazy. The project's been going for 19 months, with at least another 18 to go, including a new courtyard right next door to council flats. Martin Livebody, who runs a food and wellness company out of Glasgow, first got his plans shot down by five council for being two modern, but a, revised version with an underground garage and gym, got the green light about five years after he started pushing. Seventy-year-old Chris Main, a shelter tenant in a council flat overlooking the sea, says the constant rumbling made his place unlivable after eight, and a half years there. He dipped into his retirement savings, dropping around 75,000 pounds to buy a home 10 miles away in Coupar, since local prices are. Through the roof average homes hit 500,000 pounds and spots by the Old Course go for millions.

1:02Main feels the council ignored pleas from him and other tenants to relocate them, letting the work encroach on their shared spaces like drying areas, and bins, basically siding with the rich developer over vulnerable folks. Council officials said they get how disruptive building is and work with enforcement to minimize issues, urging complaints be reported. With house prices soaring even higher ahead of the open golf tournament this July, tensions in this pricey golf town aren't easing up anytime soon.