A couple have used their daughter's university savings to pay a £125,000 legal bill after the construction of a wooden bin store at their £1million country home triggered a costly legal battle with their neighbour.
Kevin and Elizabeth Harrison-Ellis bought their bungalow in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in 2020 and set about adding a first floor to the home.
Their neighbours in the property behind them, Stuart and Anita Hunt, did not complain at the time even though the development affected the picturesque views.
But when the Harrison-Ellises added a small wooden bin store on their driveway in 2022 it prompted the Hunts to object and launch legal action that ended up in the High Court.
They claimed the extended house had become 'unsightly' and resulted in a loss of 'visual amenity' from the windows of their £2.3million house.
