Boris Becker has said that he is not worried, following the news that he has lost his home in Mallorca because he did not keep up payments to the gardener.
The three time Wimbledon champion has seen the local court on Mallorca place an embargo on his villa, following the unpaid bill from the gardener reported to be more than 275,000 €.
Becker told the newspaper ‘Bild’ that everything is far less dramatic than it seems.
‘When someone feels treated unjustly they always have the option to act via the judicial system. The process is underway and so I cannot go into details’, he said.
Becker has owned the luxury 2,900 square metre ‘Son Coll’ villa in Mallorca since 1997. It has the main property, a chalet for guests, an orange grove, swimming pool, and tennis and basketball courts.
‘I intend spending the summer there this year with my family just like last year’, he said, ‘from the middle of July.
Bild reports that the problem has resulted from a dispute with the real estate agent Matthias Kühn who has been given the job of selling the property and who Becker thought was meeting the obligations with the gardener. However the court believed Kühn’s story that had taken on the job of coordinating the gardener, but not paying him.
Becker is appealing the court’s decision and challenging the gardening company. He is also reported to have problems with a builder who is claiming 490,000 € for several reforms carried out and who has also placed a denuncia against Becker.
In 2004 the tennis player faced a fine of more than 214,000 € for illegal building work at the property.
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