 But when approached by Sun Online, a woman who answered the door said: 'We've not been told to demolish the property. We use it as a gym, we go in there every day. "We all go in there - there are about four or five families around here. We all use the gym. "We're not ashamed of it. We've got nothing to prove to anyone. We're not on benefits, we spent our hard-earned money to build what we've built. 'If and when the council decides, and the neighbours are moaning 'get it down', we will deal with it in our own way. As it is at the moment, it's staying.' Another woman, who did not give her name, said: 'Until the council gets in direct contact with us to tell us to demolish it, what we're going to say to everyone is 'f*** you' because we're going to keep it. And that's that." They said: 'No-one around here has a problem with it. All the neighbours think it looks nice. It was a garage, we turned into a gym during Covid. "The funny thing is when the council came to inspect it, he saw all the gym equipment i){kind=link}
Planning chiefs allowed Madam Pal Singh to erect a single-storey garage at his semi-detached home in 2019. But authorities gave them until July to demolish the new building after an appeal was lost
Homeowners who built a two-floor house without planning permission have refused to knock it down.
The structure lies on the family’s driveway and was used as a gym, it was claimed… but the owners insisted it was staying.
Planning chiefs allowed Madam Pal Singh to erect a single-storey garage at his semi-detached home in 2019.
But authorities on Monday gave them until July to demolish the new building after an appeal was lost.