An anonymous single complaint has ordered a gin company to paint its bright purple shop grey. Despite being on one of the most colourful streets in Edinburgh, the shop may have to change colour because of " bureaucratic" council chiefs.
Boe Gin director Andrew Richardson, 59, changed the colour of House of Boe, on South Queensferry High Street, from grey to white and purple in June. The paint job was the last part of an amazing £210,000 refurbishment of a derelict bank building that the company transformed into its shop and office.
Andrew was shocked when he received an enforcement notice last month that ordered him to change the colour following an anonymous complaint about the bright paint. City of Edinburgh Council then said it was an offence to paint a listed building in a conservation area without consent.
