Grandad forced to remove treehouse built for family after neighbour complains

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA grandad has been taken to court over a treehouse he built for his family around a 500-year-old tree in his garden.Dean Geering said that "anyone would think I had built the Taj Mahal" after he was hit with a hefty fine and ordered to remove the structure.This was the result of a four-year dispute with the council after the 50-year-old plumber from Stansted, Kent built the wooden deck and staircase in his back garden with a neighbour.Dean spent thousands on the treehouse - the timber alone was worth between £3,000 and £4,000.He built it for his two grandchildren to enjoy and planned to eventually add a slide and a zip wire.He says he.