Al Fayed-owned Mayfair penthouse has ‘leaky roofs and noisy lifts’, BBC reveals

The BBC has filed an eight -year legal war with Mohamed Al Fayed and his family in the center of London, the owner of a millions of pounds of attic in Park Lane, in the center of London.

The dispute focused on a legal agreement on the establishment of a new elevator more than 20 years ago.

Since then, he has risen to a row that claims that the renovations and a noisy elevator rushed “malicious” at night to disturb the sleep of the penthouse owner.

For both sides, lawyers refused to comment.

In the years before the death of Mohamed Al Fayed’s Empire, some sheds light on the way of conducting some business relations in the Empire of Mohamed Al Fayed.

Throughout his life, he was known for his warrior approach, which often resorted to legal proceedings to solve disputes.

It belongs to Rosaleen Hodson at the center of this dispute. It is a property developer that builds thousands of houses in Southeast England.

Right next to the private Dorchester Hotel, on the top floor of the 55 Park Lane, known as “Hyde Park Residence”, a large apartment at the best point.

The building’s website promises “warmth and calm atmosphere with London’s best. An apartment with four bedrooms is currently on sale for £ 8.5 million.

In 2003, the mail in Posta describes the address as “sensational” views in Hyde Park and “Marble Entry Foyayi [that] Should be believed “.

However, passing by the building gives a different impression. Some may think as a slightly miserable for such a premium place with a missing sign on the peeling paint and the door.

Hyde Park Residence belongs to the Fayed Family through the Prestige Properties (PP), a Liechtenstein -based company since the 1980s.

According to the accounts of a subsidiary of a subsidiary in the UK, this “has been held for the benefit of Mohamed Al Fayed’s property and his family since his death in 2023. Al Fayed’s widow’s widow’s wife Heini Watch-Fayed is the Hyde Park Residence Director, who manages some apartments.

In 1997, Princess Diana and Al Fayed’s son Dodi, who died in a car accident, were reported to be an apartment there.

When Mohamed Al Fayed Harrods, he sometimes allowed managers and directors to live in the block, and the 60 Park Lane is neighboring buildings.

In 2024, BBC spoke to 13 women Fayed said he was sexually assaulted in 60 Park Lane. Four said they were raped.

The first number appeared shortly after Mr. Hodson acquired Penthouse in 2004, according to the court documents seen by the BBC.

Mr. Hodson made comprehensive improvements in the apartment when moving – by changing the kitchen, raising the roof terraces and putting a new elevator so that he could not use a staircase to access the property.

Mr. Hodson claimed that he was not honored by the Lichtens -based PP, updating the lease of an agreement that gave him the legal ownership of his new elevator.

Like many large buildings, the ownership of the Hyde Park residence is complex.

The free owner of the building is the Grosvenor land, which has large lands in the center of London. The PP company of the Al Fayed family has the right to use it for the next 110 years.

Although this rental regulation is limited, it is considered a kind of property.

Grosvenor must be required to be requested before these improvements begin. However, the permission was not requested – although he agreed to allow permission to pay a payment of £ 100,000 in 2006, where prestige properties were paid.

Later, in 2014, Mr. Hodson became uncomfortable with two noise from the elevators of the buildings. Despite the complaints, the noise grown even more, in 2015, the building managers argued that it was up to the night until he agreed to suspend the use of one of the laborious elevators.

And in 2016, the two sides fell further. PP asked Mr. Hodson to contribute to £ 80,000 for the money paid to Grosvenor property a few years ago.

The following year, Hodson’s PP and two other Fayed -controlled companies asked the Supreme Court a list of complaints and damages paid.

Among the problems, Mr. Hodson said he wanted to extend the apartment and added a floor. He had spent £ 180,000 to develop a plan, but the PP rejected his permission to build it, although he initially encouraged the plan – his lawyers claimed.

PP’s lawyers argued that the company did not allow Mr. Hodson to expand its property. As a property developer, they said that he should know that he could not get permission without paying PP as a host.

Mr. Hodson said that as a result of this disagreement, PP said that people think it was a “malicious and deliberate” response to a letter of complaints. One night, the elevator was used at midnight and 23 times between 02:00.

He also complained about the bad repair works he said he said he had damaged a leaking roof and roof terraces.

The dispute is still not solved. In March of this year, Mr. Hodson said, “There was another court claiming that the roof is still leaking. The elevator is still making excessive noise … Following the corridors and the renewal of the lobby.”

For PP, lawyers claim that the noise from the elevator is “acceptable levels” and denied that it was maliciously restarted. They admit that the water is leaking, but they say that their customers have taken all the reasonable steps to stop.

PP, £ 344,000 in ground rent, as well as £ 286,000 more and more cost.

The sums are insignificant compared to Mohamed Al Fayed’s reserve and is estimated to be £ 1.7 billion during his death. And it is noteworthy that such a dispute is dragged for so long.

But Al Fayed was known for never giving a inch to the people he fell – and this approach seems to continue even after his death.

Alan Hodson, Heini Watch-Kazed, PP and Grosvenor Estate avoided commenting.