Tom Zielinski said he had not opposed the council relocating his fence to match his property line but a lack of communication had left him with the costs of a replacement materials and a surveyor.

“They have refused to accept any responsibility for that,” he said.

The Daily Advertiser sent the council a series of questions relating to Mr Zielinski’s claims.

In response, a council spokesman said staff had “scheduled a meeting with Mr Zielinski to discuss various issues”.

Mr Zielinski said he received a letter from the council in November informing him that works would start on new drainage for Lloyd Road.

He said he was later told by the council the work would start in late February or early March.

The letter informed him that his fence line was five metres outside his property boundary and would have to be “relocated”.

The fence ran between Lloyd Road and the front of Mr Zielinski’s property, including his driveway. 

Mr Zielinski said he accepted the council’s argument, having inherited the fence line from the previous property’s owner, but he wanted to remove the fence himself to re-use its materials.

He also wanted to mark the original fence line in order to save hundreds of dollars on surveyor fees when building a new fence.

However the council informed residents via letter over the Christmas period that they had changed their schedule.

Mr Zielinski said he found his original fence had been removed early on the morning of January 3.

“By 7am, the fence was a steel ball,” he said.

“I was left without a fence. That wasn’t the undertaking they gave me.

“In the short term, it affects my security and it’s the issue of losing reference of where the original fence line was.”

Mr Zielinski said he had placed pegs to mark the location of the fence but they had been covered with dirt during the works despite an agreement with the council. 

Mr Zielinski has spent the past few weeks meeting with the council to discuss his issues but said he felt the process was going nowhere. 

“As a concession to removing the old materials, they offered me some used star stakes,” he said.

“I think (the council) needs to re-establish where the fence line is, because that information is now lost, and they need to make a contribution to the materials.”