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A homeowner said he was left 'baffled' after he was told to tear down his summer house. Andrew Causley became embroiled in an 18-month dispute with his neighbour over the build in his back garden. ‌

The 59-year-old was reported to his local council. He sought retrospective planning permission from Exeter City Council after he replaced a children's playhouse in the corner of his garden with the construction earlier this year. ‌

The summer house, the second of two on his property, had cost thousands of pounds to build, he said, and was tucked out of sight from neighbours and passers-by, the Mirror reports. ‌

But he had almost no time to enjoy the tiny hideaway, he claims, before he was dragged into a long dispute with a neighbour he had a cordial relationship for de

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