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'Horrified' Tess Daly and Vernon Kay pulled out of buying travel tycoon's £4million mansion because of 'shattering' helicopter noise from a nearby airfield
- Norman Peires and wife Lorna spent £1.5m on the six-bedroom mansion
- Couple put home on the market when noise began to drive them 'crazy'
- They say celebrities were keen to buy the home until they heard the noise
- Claiming £700,000 compensation for the loss of their home's value
A millionaire who claims helicopter noise from a 100-year-old airfield thwarted hopes of selling his £4million mansion to Tess Daly and her husband Vernon Kay is seeking £700,000 in compensation.
Norman Peires and his wife Lorna say the din of chopper blades coming from a nearby aerodrome has blighted their hopes.
The couple ploughed £1.5million into revamping Shepherds Holt, a six-bedroom mansion in leafy Denham, Buckinghamshire, soon after they bought it in 2006.
Mrs Peires, 69, told the High Court: 'We made that house exactly the way we wanted it. We wanted to live there for ever'.
Norman Peires and his wife Lorna (left) claim helicopter noise from an airfield thwarted hopes of selling his £4million mansion to Tess Daly and her husband Vernon Kay
But their dreams soured when relaxing in the garden and afternoon tennis parties had to compete with the roar of helicopters from nearby Denham Aerodrome, the court heard.
The couple ended up putting Shepherd’s Holt on the market as the noise was 'driving us crazy', said Mrs Peires, who once took flying lessons at the aerodrome.
They are suing the owners of the 100-year-old airfield, Bickerton's Aerodrome Ltd, claiming they've not done enough to curtail the racket.
They want a court order restricting the noise - or £700,000 compensation for the loss of their home's value if that cannot be done.
The 'loud drumming and shattering' penetrates into the drawing room and master bedroom even with the double-glazed windows tight shut, the couple say.
