A grandad has been left with a pricey repair bill after influencers keep taking pictures on his pink doorstop. Peter Lee has models posing on his doorstep everyday to get photos taken outside his iconic pink home in Kensington Place, London.
The 77-year-old says social media stars often walk up his stairs and perch right outside his front door or lean over the railings to get the perfect snap. Pictures with Peter's home as a backdrop are often shared to Instagram, with some posts having racked up over 47,000 likes.
The retired fashion designer usually doesn't mind models taking photos outside his property, but claims the constant foot traffic has damaged his tiles and railings. Peters believes having them replaced in the correct style could set him back hundreds of pounds, the Mirror reports.
He admitted: "It's going to cost a few thousand [to fix]. People say I should put a notice outside. It's a daily occurrence and I often have to wait for them to vacate the doorstep.
"They are usually quite polite but occasionally I have girls look at me and they don't move."
Since January, Peter has filmed several influencers posing on his property and he has even spotted models using tents to change outfits so they can get the perfect shot outside of Notting Hill's colourful homes. Footage from Peter's Ring doorbell showed influencers in various outfits posing dramatically, with one model throwing her legs in the air to try and get the perfect shot.
Big groups also gathered outside his home for bigger photoshoots, with one entourage snapping a reality TV star outside his home. On one occasion, Peter even found a bag full of clothes dumped on his doorstep from a photoshoot - he gave them to his granddaughter as a present.
And in the five minutes the Local Democracy Reporting Service spent standing outside Peter's home, four people stopped to take pictures by his front door. Peter, who first moved into the area 44 years ago, added: "One time there was this really big group.
"They had changing tents outside. They had two tents there.
"They take it in turns to sit on the doorstep. They left their bags there and left- they never came back."
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