A homeowner has finally started to demolish a "monster mansion" he built without planning permission - following a three year row with his neighbours.
Gurwinder Singh bulldozed his modest semi-detached house and replaced it with a four-bedroom property in Willenhall, West Mids., back in 2020.
But following more than 95 complaints from local residents, he was ordered to tear down the half-built home by Walsall Council.
Neighbours fumed the building work had made their "lives hell" while others described the "eyesore" as "like a Travelodge in the middle of a housing estate".
Delivery driver Mr Singh appealed to the Planning Inspectorate but the council dismissed the appeal and upheld the original enforcement notice in July.
He was also threatened with court action if he failed to comply with the enforcement notice by April next year.
Work has now begun to demolish the structure and and the first floor has been torn down, much to relief of surrounding residents in Sandringham Avenue.
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