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Our neighbour’s £350k glass home looks like Hitler’s Bunker – it’s so ugly & is ruining our picturesque seaside town

Published on April 07, 2025 at 06:12 PM

VILLAGERS have branded a modernist Cornwall villa “”; 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.

Aerial view of a modern house nestled in a lush garden.
Residents 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'
Ruins of the Berlin Chancellory Building, including the air raid shelter where Hitler committed suicide.
The crumbling facade of the Nazi Chancellory Building that sits on atop the air raid shelter where Hitler committed suicide in 1945

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 ’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 also known as the Führerbunker is an , near the Reich Chancellery, .

Hitler famously married his mistress 40 hours before they committed suicide on April 30 1945.

Braun swallowed and Hitler shot himself after it became clear that Nazi 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 descending on the area for its

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 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.”;

are not restricted to Cornwall.

Near Kings Lynn, , residents claim a London financier has invaded their privacy after building a three-story 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 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.

Aerial view of a seaside town with a harbor.
The idyllic seaside town of Mousehold and its turquoise waters
Ruins of Hitler's air raid shelter in Berlin after demolition.
The remants of Hitlers Bunker
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