“I can understand works taking place to repair gas mains or build houses, but not this, which is external redecoration to make a house pretty,” he said while speaking to the Daily Mail on the phone at the time.The top three floors of the couple’s property have already been converted into a triplex apartment.
It comes after Dame Joan and Percy were forced to temporarily leave their £3 million flat and stay in a hotel in 2017, as the noisy work was difficult for the actress to deal with.The disruption followed the collapse of her living room ceiling.The damage was caused by a water leak, which was also blamed on building work. “Our quiet street resembles a building site,” she explained at the time.