Perth neighbours gang up on Hillarys single-storey homeowner

A strange neighbourhood stoush is developing in Perth with affluent residents making a bizarre request to help the “professionalism” of the street.

Neighbours in an affluent Perth suburb have made a bizarre request for a homeowner on their street but it has nothing to do with loud lawnmowers, misplaced wheelie bins or overhanging trees.

The stakes, or storeys, have been raised in the affluent beachside suburb of Hillarys, on Perth‘s north coast, with a “concerned group of neighbours” taking umbrage at a single-storey on their block.

“As you are aware nearly all surrounding homes are of a second story (sic) (tier) nature,” the letter said.

A two-storey home like this would be acceptable. Picture: Colin Murty

“Your home although very presentable certainly does have a negative impact on the homes in the immediate perimeter. Myself and other local residents are in the hope that you may intend to alter the form of your home to keep track with immediate demographics.

“Your future participation in such a thing would certainly keep home prices firm and display a sense of professionalism in our community.”

The letter went viral on social media with many dismayed at the approach by the “concerned group of neighbours”.

A bizarre letter was left in the home of a Perth resident asking if they could build another storey on their home.

One man pointed out that, “professionalism would have been spelling ‘storey’ correctly”.

Craig Allen said the group should put their money where their mouth is.

“No worries, you and all your snobby mates can chip in and pay for the second story (sic) if it means that much,” he wrote on Facebook.

Joondalup Mayor Albert Jacob, the LGA which encompasses Hillarys, did not want to weigh into the stoush.

“The City does not have a position on this matter without further investigation however we can say that an owner of a property has the right to build a residence providing it complies with the relevant Local Planning Scheme and R Codes,” he said in a statement.

A single-storey home does not help the professionalism of the street, according to the letter’s author. Picture: Colin Murty.

The dwelling dispute is a far cry from the wheelie bin placement row that engulfed a Sydney retirement home.

An elderly resident by the name of George, who lives at Stockland Retirement Village in Campbelltown, southwest Sydney, became so fed up with where his neighbour Judy was placing her green bin, he decided to move it himself.

The ongoing saga was aired on A Current Affair with George telling the reporter Judy parks her bin on a patch of grass about 3m away from the road, near his letterbox.

A Campbelltown City Council spokesman told news.com.au there’s a 1m rule when it comes to bin collection in its LGA.

“We ask that residents keep bins 50cm apart and clear of parked cars and trees by leaving a 1m space,” the spokesman said.

Originally published as Perth neighbours gang up on Hillarys single-storey homeowner