{"id":13747,"date":"2016-04-25T15:09:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T14:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=13747"},"modified":"2016-04-25T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T14:16:07","slug":"locals-lodge-complaints-about-lorry-eyesore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/25\/locals-lodge-complaints-about-lorry-eyesore\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals Lodge Complaints about Lorry \u2018Eyesore\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Branded as an \u2018eyesore\u2019 by the locals, 43-year-old Azam has no choice but to sell his converted delivery lorry or face further legal action, but most don\u2019t know that there is more to the large vehicle, than meets the eye.<\/p>\n

The former M&S delivery lorry has been transformed by Azam, into functioning living space with all the homey luxuries one would expect.<\/p>\n

The impressive \u00a310,000 transformation, features two bedrooms, two bathrooms and living room space, as well as with a corner bath, sliding patio doors and even a lift.<\/p>\n

\"MS-lorry-transformed-into-House\"<\/a>Iftikhar bought the trailer for \u00a33,500, before he transformed the 59 sq metre space after delays with his house sale prevailed.<\/p>\n

Iftikhar said: \u201cI did it up to a good standard so I could live in it when I was looking for a home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put in a kitchen with a dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, built-in appliances, two bathrooms, two bedrooms, a living room and a lift as there was already one there to stack pallets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MS-lorry-transformed-into-House.jpgpij\"<\/a>It wasn\u2019t until he moved his live-in truck to his mother\u2019s residence on Brays Road, in Sheldon that he began to receive the neighbourly complaints.<\/p>\n

Locals have lodged hundreds of complaints, saying that the truck\u2019s appearance hit them like a \u201csmack in the face\u201d as they passed.<\/p>\n

Now Mr Azam is set to sell the transformed lorry at the threat of legal action from Birmingham City Council which is treating the trailer\u2019s arrival as unauthorised.<\/p>\n

The dad-of-one, who eventually moved to an address in Yardley Wood, said: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t meant to be here that long, a sale fell through.<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend was meant to take it to Scotland but he changed his mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to sell it for \u00a32,000 because otherwise the council will tow it away and put the charge, with costs, onto my mother\u2019s property.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking for someone who can make good use of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to miss it but I\u2019m now in a comfortable location.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt suited my purpose and I want to offload it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"kjjk\"<\/a>A city council planning department spokesman has said \u201cFollowing an investigation by a senior enforcement officer, we wrote to the householder, requesting that the unauthorised container be removed within 28 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite an extension to the deadline being granted at the request of the householder, the container has still not been removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council is now considering further action, which may include serving an enforcement notice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Councillor Paul Tilsley (Lib Dem, Sheldon) said: \u201cThey have been hundreds of complaints from residents who have been lumbered with an absolute eyesore on their doorstep.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a smack in the face when you see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe councillors took it up with the city\u2019s planning department straight away.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe served the owner with an enforcement notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he is quite frankly taking the mickey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Branded as an \u2018eyesore\u2019 by the locals, 43-year-old Azam has no choice but to sell his converted delivery lorry or face further legal action, but most don\u2019t know that there is more to the large vehicle, than meets the eye. The former M&S delivery lorry has been transformed by Azam, into functioning living space with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,37,3,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-local-news","category-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}