GEORGE Michael’s dilapidated £10m London mansion is showing signs of improvement after major renovation work.
A bitter row with neighbours over the chopping down of a number of historic trees hasn’t deterred the late star’s sister from
George’s only living sibling, Yioda Panayiotou, was handed ownership of the property following the singer’s 2016 at the age of 53.
There was outrage when and prune others at the front and rear of the property, which is in a conservation area.
One residents association was furious that the works were also going to occur during the peak nesting season, which runs from March to July.
It’s strongly discouraged to do this sort of work at this time and illegal to chop down a tree if a live nest is found and in use.
As our exclusive pictures show, the scaffolding from the main house has now been removed, revealing a brand new roof complete with solar panels, fresh doors, windows, decking, and one of the garages is being turned into living quarters.
The property looks a lot tidier than previous pictures from last year, and the felling of the trees has been completed.
A huge pile of branches can be seen behind the garage.
Yioda was given permission to fell a ‘leaning’ eight-metre high Hollie and an 11-metre evergreen Thuja tree, which was “growing within close proximity of the building”;.
The removal of a 13-metre Mature Leyland Cypress, which was “fast growing”; and in “fairly close proximity to the building”;, was also granted.
An 18-metre Sycamore was significantly cut down to size to “control encroachment”;.
Prior to the work, a neighbour said that the trees were of particular importance as the estate is “in an area with much underground water”;, before going onto say that“it is very concerning that threemature forest trees have been lost: two poplars and a sycamore.”;
Another resident was even more incandescent about the scheme.
They complained: “There have already been a large number of trees felled in this property and the adjoining one. It is alarmingand suspicious that so many more are now being targeted.
“Also, I am concerned that there is no realdescription of the work planned to reduce foliage between this property and adjoining properties, such as myfamily’s. This is important for privacy and noise reduction.”;
