A ROW sparked by messy new arrivals to a Park South street featured in a Channel 5 documentary about nightmare neighbours.
The latest edition of long-running series The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door features the outraged response to Loxley Walk homeowner Lillie Goddard setting up a static caravan and shipping container on a garden facing a shared green space.
A cameraman filmed a fiery public meeting in February where 50 neighbours discussed how to sort out the situation and loudly criticised Ms Goddard when she tried to explain her situation.
One audience member said: “We want her out. No-one has done anything like this in the Parks before because we respect where we live.
“Suddenly, she starts flouting the rules, she did it before and it shouldn’t be there.”
This was the culmination of months of complaints from people living opposite the eyesore on Purley Avenue, including Jo Wilson.
The static caravan first appeared on Loxley Walk last July. Then the shipping container came in December, adding to their fury.
Ms Wilson claimed that the additions broke planning laws and that the mess surrounding the structures made the area look unsightly.
Ms Goddard responded by calling her critics abusive and tried to defend her actions. She then pledged to try to have the container and mobile home removed from her garden by the summer.
The saga has now hit the small screen along with interviews. It airs on 5Star at 7pm tomorrow as part of an episode which also features a neighbour elsewhere who set up a brothel in their house.
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