Millionaires' row residents have their 'lives ruined' by raucous stag parties

The peace and quiet in the millionaires' enclave home to Harry Redknapp, former players Graeme Souness and Darren Anderton, Ian McGlinn, the Body Shop investor, and until recently cricketer Geoffrey Boycott was once only disturbed by the occasional car alarm or foxes knocking over bins.

That was until several of the multi-million pound holiday homes that lie empty for half of the year were made available to let out for up to 1,000 a night.

Now those who have worked so hard to retire in what they hoped was a peaceful neighbourhood have their weekends ruined by groups of up to 30 partying till dawn, Mr Syms said.

Calling for a tightening up of legislation to deal with noise nuisance, he told a Westminster Hall debate: Constituents are fearful on Friday afternoon to have a look at these homes and see the number of cars which have come in. They pray for rain because people stay inside rather than stay outside; they know there's going to be anti-social behaviour."

One resident complained about returning with his seven-year-old daughter, "to find that the house next door had blow-up dolls brought from a sex shop all the way around the veranda" and another about "prostitutes being delivered well into the night", Mr Syms said.

As he called for local authorities to be given more power to deal with the issues, neighbours of the five and six bedroom properties on the Sandbanks peninsula and in the neighbouring suburbs of Canford Cliffs and Branksome Park spoke of their dread the weekends, saying some go and stay with family or friends while others bunker themselves inside for 48 hours.

Jen Cameron, 35, and husband Stephen, a 54-year-old IT consultant, have nine party properties within five miles of their home, including one next door, which has led to an onslaught of noise and alcohol-fuelled behaviour.

Mrs Cameron says most are owned by divorced men trying to make the most of their assets, who are money making at the expense of local residents' sleep.

The groups descend on a Friday afternoon and the vino starts flowing, Mrs Cameron said.

"We have seen naked butlers serving drinks to groups of women in the garden as well as strippers for the male groups.

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Millionaires' row residents have their 'lives ruined' by raucous stag parties