Noel Gallagher battles nightmare issues at £11.5m London home months after buying it

Noel Gallagher battles nightmare issues at £11.5m London home months after buying it

Noel Gallagher is facing a slew of problems at his new £11.5 million north London home including a leaky roof and rising damp. Gallagher - who raked in millions from his Oasis reunion tour last summer - is already coming up against issues like “structural movement”, according to Westminster council planning documents.The five-level home was previously split into flats, before a former owner converted it back into one single home, The Mail reported.Gallagher is now looking to sort out the “water ingress from roof level”, “rising damp at lower levels,” “deterioration of roof covering” and “previous unsympathetic alterations”.The rocker has had to rip out fixtures and fittings from all of the rooms and is planning additions like a new gym, sauna, cinema room and basement bar.Noel Gallagher is facing issues at his north London homeGettyHe has been given permission for some of the renovations, but needs approval for actions like replacing the windows with double-glazed sash and changing the back extension's roof and doors.The Wonderwall star also wants an interlinking building to be turned into a one-bedroom guest suite.“Construction waste will be minimised through careful deconstruction rather than demolition, allowing materials that cannot be reused on site to be separated and recycled where possible,” documents state.“The careful repair, reuse and upgrading of the existing building fabric represents the most sustainable approach to development, extending the life of the historic structure while reducing embodied carbon and construction waste.“Improvements to environmental performance will be achieved through conservation-style slimline double-glazed windows, improved draught-proofing, roof insulation, efficient building services and the use of durable, natural materials wherever possible.”Noel and his brother Liam on their Oasis reunion tour GettyHis architects stated that any changes are necessary repairs rather than wholesale changes to the building.Read More“The proposed works are limited to the repair, maintenance and like-for-like renewal of defective building fabric, together with the removal of later non-original internal elements and renewal of services using existing routes,” they wrote.“They do not involve the alteration of features of special architectural or historic interest, nor any change to the character or appearance of the listed building.”Gallagher has been married twice. He lived with his first wife Meg Matthews in a house dubbed “Supernova Heights” in Belsize Park, north London, in ode to the iconic Oasis song Champagne Supernova.

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