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Couple's fence built to block chip shop queues sees home sell for £105k loss

A couple's decision to construct a 4ft-high fence to block out queues outside the chip shop next door has lost them a whopping £105,000 from the home's final sale price.

Stephen and Christine Williams became tired of the long-winding queues of customers outside the chip shop next door every evening.

They put up a fence outside of their Alnwick, Northumberland, home that extended onto the pavement to get some privacy and prevent people from using their window sill as a bench, The Mirror reports.

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