A unmarried mom has claimed a neighbour ‘destroyed’ her house after development a brand new wall that encroaches onto her belongings by way of 15 inches.
Brenda Grant, from Uxbridge, west London, stated Amarjit Singh Dhunna sliced her plastic conservatory roof to construct his personal extension wall, however left small gaps permitting water to run and leak into her belongings.
After taking the case to courtroom, Ms Grant owes £25okay to her solicitor and fears she may lose her house of 22 years.
The mother-of-one additionally faces a £60okay invoice to mend the water injury to her partitions and flooring.
Ms Grant advised MailOnline: ‘Since he lower the roof, water has been entering the conservatory; I’ve a file from a builder that it’s destroyed.
‘This has made me depressed. I’ve nervousness and panic assaults. I lock myself in the home and I’m withdrawn, I do not pop out.
‘My son [is so depressed] he does not pass to college. Basically he locks himself in his room.’
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Brenda Grant, of Uxbridge, west London, claimed her neighbour lower her roof and constructed a brand new wall placing over onto her belongings

Circled: The new extension wall which Ms Grant claims is going over onto her belongings and required a part of her plastic roof to be lower

The Pine is Ms Grant’s land, whilst Westbury is her neighbour’s. The inexperienced line drawn up by way of a land surveyor suggests the extension wall intrudes over the boundary line onto Ms Grant’s land by way of 0.4metres – round 15 inches

Pictured: The water injury to the partitions and flooring of Ms Grant’s conservatory
After the development paintings went forward in March 2021, Ms Grant lodged a grievance claiming she had by no means been knowledgeable and businessman Mr Dhunna didn’t have making plans permission to chop the roof and construct over it.
A small retailer room connects her belongings to Mr Dhunna’s subsequent door and the pair disagree about the place the boundary lies.
However, when Ms Grant were given a land surveyor out to research, a file steered Mr Dhunna’s new wall hangs over the boundary line by way of 0.4metres – round 15 inches.
She claims her neighbour had no proper to chop the plastic roof and argued the brand new wall obviously hangs over onto her land.
Ms Grant stated: ‘I take a seat in the home and I cry all day as a result of I will’t consider that any individual’s lower my roof.
‘It’s traumatising to indicate that I simply need to kill myself, […] even my son sought after to kill himself on account of the quantity of emotional tension, panic assaults, and he is misplaced out on 5 years of his existence.’
In October 2021, months after the paintings happened, Mr Dhunna – who does no longer reside within the belongings however properties tenants there – gained retrospective making plans permission for the construct by way of Hillingdon Council.
‘It used to be given to him even if I attempted to inform the council that he is on my land,’ Ms Grant stated.

The wall as much as the picket fence displays Ms Grant’s conservatory. The gray plastic pannel on the best is placing over onto the mummy’s land, she claims

Pictured: A builder constructs the paintings, which Ms Grant claims has destroyed her space

The mom stated the paintings used to be no longer finished correctly, that means water leaks into her conservatory

The 57-year-old claimed she used to be quoted £60,000 by way of a builder to mend the water injury to her partitions and flooring

The crimson line displays the boundary between the 2 homes. The inexperienced line suggests Mr Dhunna’s new roof line is placing over onto Ms Grant’s land

Pictured: The new extension wall and the remainder of the plastic conservatory roof, which used to be lower to make manner for the construct

Pictured: The new wall which Ms Grant says hangs over onto her belongings
‘When they lower the roof, as a result of they did not put any gutter in or any lead flashing, when it rains the water comes down into the valuables, so it is destroyed the conservatory.
‘The ground is sunk and the partitions have subsided within. So the builder stated it is £60,000 for that.’
Ms Grant claims she has employed 3 land surveyors who’ve all mentioned encroachment onto her land.
The courtroom case is ready to proceed subsequent week at Central London County Court.
Ms Grant labored in customer support for British Airways however used to be let pass because of deficient psychological well being.
She has now arrange a GoFundMe in a determined bid to boost the cash for her criminal prices.
MailOnline tried to touch Mr Dhunna for remark, and has contacted Hillingdon Council for remark.