The couple have rented the Maida Vale flat since November last year
(Picture: Champion News)An aristocrat is at loggerheads with a landlord over claims she was left “living in total darkness” when he cut off the electricity to her Airbnb rental in a row over money.
Countess Christine Bolza, 48, says she and her husband, Count Niki Bolza, 51, had “no lighting or heating or fridge” for 20 days after falling out with the owner of the Maida Vale flat they have rented since November last year. She is suing Talha Abbasi for £25,000 in damages for “anxiety, inconvenience and mental stress”, in a battle which has run up £110,000 in legal bills. Mr Abbasi says the couple are effectively squatters and owe £40,000 in unpaid rent.
