A former hairdresser who moved to Wales in order to set up her dream retirement retreat has said she now needs to demolish her ‘second home’ after a neighbour complained.
Hazel Cullen, 60, moved to a farm in Builth Wells, Powys, east Wales, with husband Richard and teenage daughter Megan four years ago as part of a mission to build her ‘dream’ cabin lodge.
She transformed an originally tired-looking cabin in the farm’s two-acre garden into a luxury getaway lovingly named Woodpecker Lodge which housed holiday makers throughout the year. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community But Hazel claims she has now been left with no choice but to demolish the lodge after a neighbour's complaint triggered a three-year planning issue, Wales Online reports.
She says a second homes tax has also 'put the kibosh on it' and now wishes she had never undertaken the transformation project on the Matt's Farm cabin in the first place.
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