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Edinburgh resident fumes after entire construction site appears outside his bedroom
An Edinburgh man has slammed the council for placing a construction office and materials outside of his bedroom window without prior notice.
Graeme Heavey, has said he is being woken up at 7am in the morning by delivery trucks on a regular basis and his mental health is suffering as a result.
What frustrates the 51-year-old most is the Hailesland Gardens site for the office and materials is over 100metres away from where work is being carried out - and Graeme believes it should be moved closer to the construction site.
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'My neighbour and I are not happy about this,' he said. 'The council have given authority for contractors to have a compound and offices opposite my bedroom window.
'My bedroom window and the proximity to my house is less than 25m from my bedroom window. Come 7am and there are roll on - roll off skips getting dropped off, trucks in the street delivering windows really early.
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'I suffer from mental health issues and this has all been inflamed by the noise and being woken up early. Of course this is frustrating on a personal level but what has reality irked those on our street is we were given no notice.
'Something disruptive has been placed right outside our homes and we were given no right of reply. We look at the council enforce their own rules and if someone is constructing something privately, they would rightly have their knuckles wrapped if they did not follow the correct regulations.
'I feel I have been badly treated by the council and their attitude is just to deal with it. We have already had three years of work being done on our own homes but now we have to be the site to store materials for other blocks and we are getting no benefit from it.'
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Graeme added MP Scott Arthur's office had been extremely helpful in raising the issue on behalf of residents.
Edinburgh Council have been approached for comment.
