A family has been left unable to use their garden for three years after a property developer erected scaffolding and eventually stonewalled them - while owing them £50,000.
Husband and wife Adi Bhargava and Sugandha Rana, who live with their four-year-old daughter in Ealing, west London, were first approached by Naman Pathak, on behalf of firm Fifty One The Mall Ltd, in March 2022.
He requested access to the family's private garden in order to mount scaffolding to a neighbouring property, and they say he assured them it would be up for a maximum of 12 months.
The developer was planning to demolish the two-storey building on the neighbouring site and construct a five-storey complex instead.
More than three years later scaffolding still hangs overhead, the family's garden is frequently littered in construction debris and a judge has ordered them to be paid £32,000 in compensation.
