Couple's fence built to block chip shop queues sees home sell for £105k loss

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A couple's decision to construct a 4ft-high fence to block out queues outside the chip shop next door has lost them a whopping £105,000 from the home's final sale price.

Stephen and Christine Williams became tired of the long-winding queues of customers outside the chip shop next door every evening.

They put up a fence outside of their Alnwick, Northumberland, home that extended onto the pavement to get some privacy and prevent people from using their window sill as a bench, The Mirror reports.The wild dispute, branded as 'Fence-gate' by the locals, went viral across the globe in September 2021.However, as the feud intensified Stephen, 58, alleged that a furious man aimed an airgun at Christine before firing.The couple, who used to run a sweet shop from the property, were so spooked they removed the fence a week later.They are now selling the three-bed semi-detached house for £195,000.Land Registry records show the house was bought for £300,000 in 2006 - a whopping £105,000 more than the current asking price.Christine, 51, who works in a nursing home, said relations with her neighbours had "gone sour" since the fence row.She said: "We were going to sell the house beforehand but what's gone on has soured it a bit."We were going to sell the house but it brought it all forward."We took the fence down 24th September, it was up for a week."We just want to move on with it. "I got trolled on Facebook.

Some of the comments we saw were awful." Recalling the moment a yob fired an air rifle at Christine, she said: "To think the guy who shot at me got away with that.