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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Grant Williams & Alex Croft

'I've been forced to pay £7,500 just to use my own driveway - I'm livid'

A North London resident says he has spent £7,500 in legal fees in a fierce battle with his neighbour over the rights to a driveway.

Robert Medcalfe, 36, has locked horns with Alisson Roberto Teixeira, who has applied to build a two-storey house behind his house in Dollis Hill. Mr Teixeira wants to use the driveway - which separates the two properties - as an access road to the house.

Mr Teixeira’s neighbours have branded his plans “ludicrous” and “outrageous”, while Mr Medcalfe claims it is “completely unlawful”. He said that as the “co-owner” - something he claims he can prove - the plan “relies on his consent”.

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