An Omanu family's lifestyle hopes have been dashed by a developer's plans to build a three-storey apartment block beside their back fence.
Anna and Chris Sands moved into their new home on Taupo Ave four years ago when their neighbours were elderly well behaved caravan dwellers in the Golden Grove Holiday Park.
But the sale of the motor camp followed by the announcement of plans for a 71-unit village styled development helped convince the Sands that it was time to move on.
They are building a new house and had a for-sale sign up outside their current home, which Mrs Sands hoped would sell before building began next door.