An angry neighbour has said a new housing development has made his life "hell" after delivery lorries twice damaged his car.
Gerald Carpenter, 63, from Sandlands Grove, in Walton-on-the-Hill, lives by Sandlands Park, a new gated development of million-pound homes that is currently under construction.
Mr Carpenter with his daughter and cat by their car
Mr Carpenter has complained to developer Berkeley Homes over many issues to do with the development, including damage to his car and hedge, parking and traffic problems, noise, dust and trenches dug outside his home.
In a complaint letter he said: "The whole experience has been a major upheaval, inconvenience and generated stress, upset and made our lives generally hell."
Mr Carpenter said Berkeley Homes has given him £250 in compensation after his car was damaged by a delivery lorry about two months ago.
But he said the company had not been prepared to pay the full repair costs, adding: "The car will not be restored to its original condition as we've cut corners to please Berkeley."
He added: "I myself have several severe ongoing health complaints and this additional stress and worry is far from helping."
Mr Carpenter said this was the second time his car had been damaged by a delivery lorry and Berkeley Homes had fully compensated him in the first instance.
A spokesman from Berkeley Homes, Southern, said: "We are aware that Mr Carpenter is unhappy with the disruption caused by contractors working on our site and of course understand his frustration and share his concern.
"However, we were led to believe that this matter had been resolved to his satisfaction on all issues raised including reimbursement of the costs for his vehicle repair; replacement of his boundary fence; offering to carry out some additional tarmacking to the front of his property and to also pay for his window cleaning on a monthly basis until the works are completed.
"We have from the outset had an open and active dialogue with Mr Carpenter and will continue to do whatever we can to reduce any stress being caused."
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