A grandad has been forced to foot a huge bill after his Ring doorbell caught influencers posing for selfies outside of his home.
Peter Lee, 77, keeps getting models and social media stars turning up on his doorstep every day to take photos of his bright pink home. The retired fashion designer isn't bothered by people taking photos in front of his home but he claims that damage has been done to his tiles and railings, with him being quoted hundreds of pounds to get them replaced in the correct style.
Peter, who lives in Kensington Place, London, said: "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."
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Since the start of the year, Peter has filmed a number of influencers posing on his property and has even managed to spot models using tents to change outfits so they get the perfect shot outside one of Notting Hill's beautiful coloured homes. Footage captured on Peter's Ring doorbell shows influencers doing extreme poses, with one woman throwing her legs up in the air while holding on to the railings, MyLondon reports.
Photos of Peter's home are regularly shared on Instagram and have even clocked up over 47,000 likes. Posers often climb his stairs and sit right outside his front door or they lean over his railings. Big groups have 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. 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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