A man illegally knocked down his own house, leaving only the façade of the building intact - prompting his neighbours to fear for their own safety. Mohammed Ali Khan has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 after tearing down the £800,000 semi-detached home in Isleworth, West London.
The 45-year-old started pulling down the three-bed home, in a leafy suburb close to Kew Gardens, Twickenham Stadium and Hounslow town centre, in January 2022, MyLondon reports. Hounslow Council's building control service started an investigation after worried neighbours contacted them to air concerns about their own safety and wellbeing after only the front of the house was left standing and surrounded by scaffolding.
Khan, of Thornbury Road, was hauled in front of the courts and was found guilty of instructing a contractor to demolish the building, on Grove Road, without notifying the Local Authority as required by section 80(2) of the Building Act 1984 after a trial at Uxbridge Magistrates Court on February 3. He was ordered to cough up £6,043.34 in fines by magistrates.
