Isleworth residents angry over paint job on homes

Clare Easton lives in one of the newly-painted homes

Angry residents say homes on their estate have been painted a shade of yellow similar to "baby's poo".

Hounslow Council is carrying out the work on the Worple Estate in Isleworth, west London, which is a mix of authority-owned and private homes.

Clare Easton, who lives in one of the newly painted homes, said: "When I first saw it, it just reminded me of a baby's nappy, baby's poo."

Another family who tried to repaint it said they had been ordered to stop.

Hounslow Council is carrying out work on the estate

According to residents, up to 30 properties are having thermal cladding added to the brickwork, which is then being painted mustard yellow.

"Passers-by have made comments on it saying how awful it looks. I just wish that I could change the colour, I really do," said Ms Easton.

Residents said they were originally told the council houses would be painted "magnolia or similar".

Amanda Dickinson, who owns her home, said they would have tried to object if they had known what colour the houses would be painted, but instead "we've got houses the colour of dog sick".

One family said they were told to stop when they tried to paint over the colour

One family, who asked not to be named, paid to have a decorator paint over the yellow, but said they were ordered to stop by the council.

Their case has been taken up by former Hounslow councillor Vanessa Smith who said she "really can't see why they have to have these colours imposed on them".

Lily Bath, deputy leader of Hounslow Council and cabinet member for Housing and Social Inclusion, said the works were being carried out as part of its Climate Emergency Action Plan.

She said the consultation with tenants had originally referenced the colour on the wall insulation would be "magnolia or similar", but "during the planning process the independent Local Planning Authority required that the colour of the rendering to be changed to 'sand yellow' as a "condition of its approval".

"The reason why residents should not paint over the original colour is because it risks invalidating the council's warranty on the external wall insulation and is in breach of planning regulations and their tenancy agreement," Ms Bath added.