Room with no view? Shoddy two-storey extension built without planning permission has plunged family's home into darkness and taken £100,000 off value
• Helen Coughlan, 52, who lives with her husband, two children and her mother, fears she will never be able to sell
• Her neighbour Tariq Ahmed, built the wall just 24 inches from the house in Woodford Bridge, north east London
• The mother-of-two redesigned her home with a massive loft conversion and installed a new kitchen
• But a few years later Mr Ahmed put up his own extension which blocks out all natural light
No world outside: Helen Coughlan fears she will never be able to sell her four-bed semi-detached house after her neighbour put up a brick wall just 24 inches away from her window No light: The brick wall blocks out all natural light, plunging her newly designed kitchen and dining room into complete darkness Dispute: Mrs Coughlan, who lives at the property in Woodford Bridge, London with her husband Paul, her two sons and her mother, says the issue is a 'joke' and claims it hasn't just affected her view but also damaged her walls
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