A barrister and his wife are suing an acclaimed fashion boss for £5.5million after the Notting Hill home they bought from her flooded.
The couple accuse Paula Reed, former fashion director of Harvey Nichols, of deliberately misleading them when she allegedly told them that the property she was selling them had never previously flooded.
But just weeks after purchasing it in December 2024, Thomas Ford and his wife Jessica returned home to find the basement was submerged in water after heavy rain.
The Fords claimed they later discovered that the six-storey town house in Westbourne Road close to London’s trendy Portabello Road had previously flooded and allege that they uncovered a number of faults with it.
The wealthy couple claim that the central heating system did not work properly, that the kitchen had been overrun by rats and mice, one of the lavatories leaked and that rainwater leaked into various rooms, including the dining room and the basement.
