She was the colourful IT girl who DJ’d at some of the most prestigious socialite parties in the country.
But it appears that Lady Mary Charteris is simply too flamboyant for her neighbours after she painted her London terraced home pink – seemingly after the name of her husband’s rock band.
The model, who is the daughter of James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March, and the Hon, Catherine Ingrid Guinness, has changed the five-bedroom, three storey property from a grey colour to something much more garish in recent months in keeping with Robbie Furze’s group The Big Pink.
And the change means that her house, which she shares with husband and their four-year-old daughter, stands out ‘immensely’ from those around it which are ordinary brick colours.
And now, while Lady Mary hasn’t broken any council rules, some of her neighbours in North West London are fuming that it is ‘totally out of character’ to the rest of the tree-lined, fairly sedate street.
One neighbour told the Daily Mail: ‘This is quite a relaxed neighbourhood where people put up with many unexpected things.
Lady Mary Charteris has angered her neighbours by painting her London terraced home bright pink and they have now complained to the council about her
While Lady Mary hasn’t broken any council rules, some of her neighbours in North West London are fuming that it is ‘totally out of character’ to the rest of the tree-lined, fairly sedate street
‘But the colour scheme for Lady Mary’s house is a complete and utter eyesore, that it’s hard to escape from, whether it’s day or night. First, she changed it to grey and then pink.
‘I complained to the council but was told that she isn’t breaking any law with the pink colouring. It left me really quite angry. The horrid pink front of the house is something that you can’t escape from, after all.
‘It’s the talk of the street now.’
While she didn’t wish to comment when asked about her paint job, Lady Mary has previously made no secret of her desire to inject more colour into her home.
She admitted in an interview with the Evening Standard that an interior designer for giving her the courage to paint interior walls and ceilings pink, blue, green, and whatever other colour seemed appropriate.
She also hinted that she would paint the outside of her £2million home pink.
Neighbours on the street initially had some issues when the 38-year-old set about gutting the property, then a a well-worn period mid-terrace, and transforming it into somewhere she, her husband, and their four-year-old daughter could truly call home.
On her love of the colour pink, she has previously said: ‘Luckily, my husband likes pink – he is in The Big Pink, after all.’
Though she and husband Robbie Furze decided to settle in the North West London enclave following a spell in Los Angeles
Lady Mary also claimed she was conscious of ‘not having so much colour that you get a headache in your own house.’
A member of the Guinness dynasty, Lady Mary is the daughter of James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, and Catherine Guinness.
Growing up, she split her time between London, where she attended Francis Holland School, and her father’s house in the Gloucestershire countryside.
Though she and husband Robbie Furze decided to settle in the North West London enclave following a spell in Los Angeles.
It was in her teens that she got into modelling after being introduced to the world famous agency Storm Models by the magazine editor and fashion muse Isabella Blow, who was an old family friend.
The agency also has also represented big names such as Kate Moss, Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn and Lady Kitty Spencer.
In her early twenties, Lady Mary met Robbie Furze from the band The Big Pink and the couple quickly became joined at the hip.
Soon she was joining the group on their tours, selling T-shirts and helping with lighting.
Then in 2012, the couple married at her family estate in Stanway in Gloucestershire, in a bespoke Pam Hogg dress that featured cutaway panels to her midriff.
