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Dad Angry After Council Build Fence Right Across His Driveway

Dad Angry After Council Build Fence Right Across His Driveway

Makes sense...

Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan

There often seems to be a rocky relationship between people and their local councils.

You'll know the sort of thing: someone ends up railing against their local authority for focusing on things not necessary to the community, instead of tending to more pressing matters.

For example, you'd hope they'd be occupying themselves with sorting out littered streets, dodgy roads or inaccessible bus stops - who knows? Maybe they are. But Hull City Council also found time to build a fence right across Mike Scott's driveway.

Credit: SWNS

The dad-of-two was pretty miffed to find that the council had erected a fence where he parks his car, not even putting in any sort of gate that he might be able to open.

Not only that, but they had the sheer gall to ask Mike for feedback. They may as well have had a shit in his toilet and not flushed while they were at it.

It's been three months since the father was last able to park his car in his own drive, after he initially asked the council if they'd build a fence to prevent his garden from being exposed.

"They put the right type of fence up but with no gates to the driveway, leaving enough room to park in front of the fence but without being able to close the small gates on the perimeter fence," he told the Hull Daily Mail. "I'm having to park my car on the street and it's left my vehicle more exposed than before when it was on the driveway.

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fence

Credit: SWNS

Thankfully, the council accepted their error, and have since told him that appropriate gates will be fitted so he can continue to park on his driveway.

However, Mike claims that the communication between Hull City Council, the contractors used and him was diabolical.

"I've spoken to someone in the housing office and they brought a surveyor round who told me to fill in a form so I could give my feedback on how good the work was," he sad. "A bit of communication wouldn't have gone amiss. If I'd have known what they were planning to do I could have found out the reason and maybe met them halfway - even if I had to put a bit of money in myself.

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fence

Credit: SWNS

"Also it was a good job I was there the morning they decided to come round, because no one told me they would be there. They just started digging away and I said, 'why are you blocking my driveway off?'

"It's pure lack of communication and once I raised the issue it was kicked around the cul-de-sac and went nowhere after that."

It looks like an alright job, to be fair. Just in completely the wrong place.

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: council