'Donald Trump put a fence round my home - then billed me £2,800 for doing it'

David Milne, whose home at Hermit Point on the Menie estate is near the site planned for the resort's luxury hotel development, has been at loggerheads with the American tycoon since he refused to sell his home to the Trump Organisation.

He was one of four homowners at Menie who had been living with the threat of being evicted from their homes until Mr Trump announced earlier this year that he had ruled out compulsory purchase orders to help build his massive golf development.

Mr Milne, 46, a health and safety adviser, said yesterday the Trump Organisation had set up markers for the boundaries between the two properties and that the billionaire, without warning, had then instructed his team to put up a fence.

He then sent him an invoice demanding Mr Milne pay 2,820 - half of the total bill of 5,640.

Mr Milne said: "I'm just ignoring the demand. There is no way I'm going to pay it.

"As far as I'm concerned it's just another attempt to intimidate and bully me. But it's not going to work. I'm not paying any attention to it at all."

Mr Milne has lived at Hermit Point, a converted coastguard station, with his wife Moira for almost 20 years.

Mr Trump was filmed calling the house "ugly" and saying he wanted to get rid of it. But the couple have repeatedly refused to sell because they do not want to leave the area.

Mr Milne has accused the billionaire of trying to harass and bully him and he claimed in a recent incident a huge mound of earth was piled up behind his property by the Trump Organisation. Dozens of tall trees had also been planted in the area.

He said Mr Trump had now apparently decided the demarcation between the properties was wrong and needed to be corrected and that the golf course contractors, SOL Golf Construction Ltd, had been given the job of erecting the fence.

Mr Milne said: "I could not believe it when the bill arrived. I priced the materials myself and I could put up the whole fence on my own for about 800."

He added that the recent strong winds and heavy rain had already taken their toll. Mr Milne said: "The trees are sitting at funny angles and the fence has taken a bit of a battering."

The golf course is expected to open in the summer of next year, with construction work now well under way.Mr Milne said the new turf and grass that has been planted has also been hit by the weather.

He said: "It looks like the whole project is running behind schedule because I think they've under-estimated the Scottish weather."

Nobody at the Trump organisation was available for comment.