A builder with grand plans to convert an old pizza takeout building into a three-story, seven-bedroom house into a “multiple occupation” dwelling — a British reference for a residential property sharing common areas designed for more than one tenant — instead erected a gargoyle effigy on the building’s roof to express his ire at a town councilman who kiboshed the idea.
As first reported by SWNS Media Group in London, the builder, Michael Thomas, 71, was irate after his plan to convert the pizza takeaway joint was rejected by Trowbridge Town Council leader Steward Palmen, who ultimately put an enforcement notice, akin to a building department inspector’s red tag, to halt the project.