Properties across Auckland are increasingly too small to legally fit a kitset shelter for a few tools and a lawnmower.
The Building Act 2004 says the detached buildings must be placed their height away from a boundary or a house. Anything closer requires a building consent.
Dannemora resident Rashna Tata feels picked on.
A casual look around the neighbourhood reveals many houses with a shed up against the fence, but because of an anonymous complaint the council is cracking down on her's.
"A lot of people don't even know that a rule like this exists," she says.
"Is the council going to tell every other owner with a shed on the boundary - or just me?"
