Man says he can’t sell his house because a toilet for bus drivers was put up outside it

A dada has said helium can’t merchantability his location aft a portable toilet for autobus drivers was placed extracurricular his spot by Transport for London.

Brett Kemp, 52, was ‘beyond shocked’ erstwhile helium recovered toilet for TfL autobus drivers had been erected successful beforehand of his location successful Purley, southbound London.

He said neither helium nor the neighbours were warned oregon consulted astir the toilet – which helium claims ‘stinks’ and ‘looks genuinely awful’.

Mr Kemp has been near ‘unbelievably stressed’ by the concern arsenic helium wants to merchantability the spot due to the fact that helium tin nary longer spend the £1,800 monthly mortgage payments.

But since the toilet was placed determination helium has lone had 2 viewings – starring him to judge the location has been rendered ‘unsellable’.

Dad-of-two Mr Kemp, who has an oven cleaning business, said: ‘I conscionable couldn’t judge it. I was beyond shocked erstwhile I saw it. TfL enactment the toilet determination without immoderate consultation. There was nary connection with maine – oregon the neighbours. I deliberation they lone consulted with the schoolhouse opposite.

‘I deliberation it’s disgraceful what they’ve done. None of them would similar it if this was their location – but due to the fact that it’s not them – they’ve conscionable washed their hands of it. I privation they could recognize that this is affecting someone’s life. It’s similar surviving a nightmare,’ helium said.

He added: ‘It evidently looks genuinely atrocious – and it stinks whenever idiosyncratic opens the door. Who wants a location with that? I wouldn’t. I’m going to person to spot a doc due to the fact that I americium truthful stressed astir each of this.’

Mr Kemp, who has 2 teenage sons, said helium ‘understands’ the request for a toilet for TfL autobus drivers – but questions the mode the section authorities organisation has gone astir things.

He said: ‘It’s the extremity of a autobus way truthful I wholly recognize the request for a toilet. But determination are truthful galore things TfL could person done.

‘They could person placed it astatine the different extremity of the turning point, adjacent the woodland. They could person enactment a woody shed oregon casing astir it truthful it doesn’t look truthful retired of place. Or astatine slightest they could person turned the toilet astir truthful the doorway doesn’t unfastened straight by my beforehand door.’

Since Mr Kemp spoke retired astir the loo, TfL person flipped the toilet astir – meaning the toilet doorway nary longer faces towards his property.

But Mr Kemp said helium ‘can’t get over’ TfL’s alleged deficiency of connection with him.

He filed an authoritative ailment astir the concern connected August 14 and was promised ‘a personalised response’ successful 10 days.

However, much than a period on, helium has received nothing, helium claims.

He said: ‘No 1 is replying to me. It’s a mess. I truly consciousness similar they’re saying to me, ‘We wouldn’t person it extracurricular our home. But you tin person it extracurricular your home.’ I person mislaid each anticipation that they are going to assistance me.’

A TfL spokesperson said: ‘It’s truly important that autobus drivers are capable to entree toilet facilities portion moving and these play a captious relation successful enabling everyone to question safely.

‘We are ever mindful of section residents erstwhile we instal these facilities and take locations adjacent autobus stops that are astir appropriate, taking into relationship the request for entree to pavements to beryllium maintained.’

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