Couple furious as they’re offered just £700 after finding giant fence built outside their home

The young couple would rather move than look at it

When you move into a new place, you obviously want everything to be perfect. And if not, you’re probably running some Instagram account with ‘reno’ in the name while you make it perfect yourself.

But either way, you’re probably not hoping for some absolute f**k off fence to appear right outside. That’s the nightmare Ewan Botcherby and his partner had after buying a four-bed, new-build detached home.

The pair purchased the place for £359,995 in Callerton, Newcastle upon Tyne from Bellway and moved in back in January.

With the place looking onto Westerhope Golf Club, a 12-metre metal structure was suddenly built right outside their place to support netting.

They purchased the new-build last October. (NCJ Media)

They purchased the new-build last October. (NCJ Media)

Botcherby said: “We live on the edge of a golf course and no one instructed us, or my solicitor, that there was going to be a 12-metre metal structure built in front of my front door to hold golf netting up.”

They complained to the New Homes Ombudsman Service (NHOS) with an investigation launched, finding Bellway should have given fuller information about the protective netting.

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