Football club president ordered to demolish 24ft 'eyesore man cave' in his garden after £100,000 court battle with neighbour

A judge ruled that Justin Salmon must dismantle or alter the bar-like part of a garden structure in suburban south London because it exceeded permission for a pergola. The judgment also found that a neighbour’s porch interfered with the Salmons’ rights.

• Judge Nicholas Parfitt found that the garden structure’s entertainment area was not a permitted pergola and ordered work to make it an open-sided pergola; the adjoining shed was allowed to remain.· 1 source
• The dispute followed a 2017 agreement allowing Salmon to build a pergola; his neighbour, Andrianna Neophytou, later challenged the developed structure, and the case involved a reported £100,000 legal battle.· 2 sources
• The judge also ruled that a porch Neophytou built interfered with the Salmons’ right of passage and trespassed on their wall; the judgment allowed several months for the parties to carry out work or reach agreement.· 1 source