Properties on the street in question have changed hands for as much as £11.5 millon in recent years, but the action of one owner will have dented the desirability of the location. We are talking, of course, about the road in Kensington where one house has been painted in red and white candy stripes, apparently in a fit of pique over objections from neighbours to a basement extension of this residence.

As quoted in THE TIMES by Lauren Thompson