The street furniture partially blocks access to the home in South Shields, near Newcastle, leaving it a difficult task to access it - and almost impossible if you use a wheelchair.
Dave Green noticed the light was set back further than all the others on the road in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, before the construction work started.
Developers Sachdev Properties Limited, working on the property in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, built the new build through an existing street lamp. Now the post is being removed.