Rod and Alison Pearson, from Nottinghamshire, claim their neighbour's loft conversion has caused them trouble for a whole year - and now say the "unbearable" construction blocks sunlight into their home

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Neighbours have found themselves at war over a "monstrous" extension that one side claims has knocked thousands off value off the value of their home.

Rod and Alison Pearson, from Nottinghamshire, claim their neighbour's loft conversion has caused them trouble for a whole year - and now say the "unbearable" construction blocks sunlight into their home.

The couple even say they are now considering moving home after only four years living there - but fear the extension has potentially knocked 10,000 off the value of their property.

Rod, 56, said: We had an estate agent around - he said the extension has knocked 10,000 off our property.

You walk out of our conservatory and look up, and its just unbearable.

Our garden used to get the sun in the morning. It was lovely to sit out there with a coffee. Thats all gone."

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Rod and Alison bought their three-bed home for 167,000 four years ago, reports The Sun - before they were aware next door had plans to transform their loft into office space, a playroom and print room

Plans for the major conversion were approved by the City of Nottingham Council - despite objections from Rod and Alison, who challenged on the basis it would infringe on their home life.

Rod said the extension resembled a "bungalow that's been plonked up top" of the house, saying he felt like it was hanging over you when they went outside.

Recently, in a baffling neighbourly dispute, a mum has been left frustrated after her neighbour demanded that she and her family stop using the lower half of their own garden - because it ruins his view.

The woman explained that the houses in her area are positioned in such a way that her neighbour's house backs onto her garden, and there is one window in the neighbour's property that looks out onto her outside space.

She claimed that her neighbour initially asked her to stop using the bottom half of her garden because it "affected his privacy" when he was using the room with this window in.

But after she put up a taller fence so that she could continue using her garden, the neighbour complained again - this time because he "wanted the view of her garden back".

In a post on Mumsnet, she said: "We live in a house where two separate streets meet and have adjoining gardens. The back wall of our neighbour's house is the boundary wall to our garden. There is a downstairs window on this wall that looks directly into our garden.

"Our neighbour asked us not to use the bottom part of our garden as it affected his privacy when he used this room. We put a screen up so we could use our garden privately, but the neighbour has complained that it affects his light and wants the view of our garden back.

"Weve asked him to close his curtains but he refuses and he cant see anywhere other than our garden from the window so its not like hes using our garden to look over to a better view."

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Neighbours at war over 'monstrous' extension that's knocked thousands off value of home - The Mirror