We have lived happily in our house for years … But a terrible decision by our neighbor has cost us £ 50k – we are forced to be forced
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A couple was deployed desperately after the house of their neighbors started to be converted into an HMO – so that people in a reasons of their house poops and hit £ 50k from their house.
Roger Brown, 67, and his wife Gail, 64, are plagued with weeks of builders who make them feel unsafe and their minds.
The couple, from Shepperton, Sunbury-on-Thames, lives for 45 years in their terraced house with three bedrooms in a residential street.
Now they fear that the neighborhood of local families can be torn apart by outsiders moving to a house of several occupancy rate (HMO).
While contractors work to transform their neighboring house, the couple constantly fight against disappearing tools, destroyed views and even people pooping in the alley at their parental home.
Roger told MailOnline: ‘They stole ladders from my garden to use. They went down in the alley and do their business there, both ways. They are outside here. ‘
He said that he and the life of his wife were turned upside down and got to the council because they could not protect because they acquaintances that they can hardly work, they are so worried.
But there seems to be no easy way out for the couple, who claim that they are forced to sell their beloved house and to lose a small fortune.
Roger Brown, 67, and his wife Gail, 64, (shown together) say they have to move from their house because of their neighbor’s decision
The driveway next to the browns house is filled with waste and a skip, as well as a recent addition of a portable toilet
Roger accused builders of Poops in De Steeg and this path (depicted) behind his house
Roger, a health and safety trainer, added: ‘Work started [but] We had not received a notification. It is turned into an HMO with six bedrooms.
‘They worked there [for] Three weeks. They have extended the ground floor now that it blocks the light.
And while Kijk’s change makes the 67-year-old Van Streek, Roger revealed a more horrible reality that disturbs both himself and his wife.
Roger closed the local authorities and said they were not supportive.
He said: “The council has been next to useless. We are very stressed about this. We don’t know who will live here. It’s terrible. ‘
Because of the disruption, Roger says that he and Gail is considering moving, but are worried about the impact on their house price – another concern that is too much to take for the hexagenarians.
The health and safety worker said: ‘We are going to sell. We are forced. A broker said we will lose £ 50,000.
‘My wife does not feel safe because we do not know who we will live next to.
Roger and Gail’s Pink House has a well -maintained garden and terrace, compared to the house of several occupancy rate (HMO) that is being built next door
The resident of Sunbury described how he had shocked when Bouwers started to convert the building to an HMO
The house is being converted into a house with six bedrooms of multiple occupation
He accused the builders of stealing ladders from his own garden to use in their construction work
“We were in shock. We felt sick. My work suffers because of the stress I go through.
“We are completely abandoned. It’s wrong. They cut through an expensive fence. All those things are right. It is too much to wear and we don’t need it in our time of life. ‘
A spokeswoman for Sperthorne Borough Council said: ‘The work is checked by an approved inspector, not the construction team of Sperthorne Borough Council. Unfortunately, this means that the council cannot intervene from the point of view of construction control.
‘A planning enforcement officer visited the building, but on the basis of the evidence was his opinion that it would fall within permitted development rights.
‘The officer therefore advised that no action could be taken from a planning perspective and that this would also apply to a change of use in an HMO (building permit is not required).
‘The council was later advised by an approved work inspector who will be used for an enlarged real estate for an HMO of six units.
‘This does not need a building permit, but needs an HMO license. The Environmental Health Team of the Council has sent an application package, but no application has been received yet.
‘Unfortunately, the legislation does not allow public consultation on HMO license requests or for neighbors to comment or object.
A broker told the browns that the HMO will hit £ 50,000 for the price of their house
The garden next door was littered with building materials when MailOnline visited him
The house has already been expanded with a different floor of rooms
Roger also accused the builders of damaging his expensive green fence (photo)
‘In January 2025, the Planning Committee of the Council approved the instructions of Article 4 to withdraw permitted development rights for changing use in HMOS over all departments in the municipality.
‘However, this will only take effect at the beginning of next year. In the future, this means that the building permit is required for HMOs, but will not prevent applications from being submitted or granted or permitted on appeal.
“The problem with regard to the lack of toilet facilities for employees has been tackled.”
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