A BAKERY entrepreneur has made enough dough to buy a £6m luxury house on Sandbanks.

But Sarah Wenzel’s plans to build a dream home in the waterfront plot in Poole Harbour have caused trouble with her new neighbours.

Sarah, the chief executive of the Werzel bakery empire, decided against refurbishing the large detached house she bought in September 2021.

Instead - after winning planning permission - she had it demolished.

Work has now started on building an ultra-modern three-storey, flat-roofed, six-bedroom mansion.

Bournemouth Echo: The plot in SandbanksThe plot in Sandbanks (Image: BNPS)The new house will have both indoor and outdoor swimming pools and four glass balconies on the first and second floors to make the most of the stunning sea views.

But in creating her picture-perfect home, Sarah has ended up upsetting the millionaire neighbours either side of her.

One of them warned the new property will have a 'horrendous and intrusive impact' on his £8.5m home.

He said that the 'cheek by jowl' nature of the development next to his mansion would result in Sarah overlooking his ground floor lounge.

On the other side, millionaire businessman Iain MacRae fears the new home will 'seriously overlook his garden.'

Bournemouth Echo: The plot in SandbanksThe plot in Sandbanks (Image: BNPS)

He said: "The addition of another floor, with a balcony, will seriously overlook my garden where it is not overlooked whatsoever, along with blocking my views to the south east.

"I would suggest the balcony to be non-walk round in order to preserve the privacy of my garden and not become overlooked."

Sarah adjusted her plans so that the balconies would only be at the front and rear of the house.

BCP Council granted planning permission on the condition that she put up a 1.8m tall screen on the sides of the balconies to protect the privacy of her neighbours.

Planning officer Sophie Burch said in her report: "Concerns were raised regarding the impact of the wrap around balcony on the first and second floor.

"Privacy screens will be conditioned to the front and rear balconies to prevent significant overlooking. Even with privacy screens, it is however recognised that it is likely that the balconies will still result in some level of overlooking.

"However, the majority of the dwellings in the immediate surrounding area benefit from rear balconies with some degree of mutual overlooking between neighbouring properties.”

She also said that windows at first and second-floor level on the side walls must be glazed with obscure glass.