A design flaw on a new home has had people baffled.
At first glance this row of newly-constructed townhouses in Shirehampton, Bristol, seem perfectly handsome - but look a little closer, and there is one glaring problem.
An existing street sign is almost completely blocking the gate to one of the houses.
Getting into the front garden would involve squeezing past the Station Road sign or stepping over it.
An image of the sign was posted on the Bristol Reddit thread this week, prompting amused comments and almost 100 'upvotes'.
"Quality job", joked one commenter, with another adding: "A bit of a pain when they are having a new washing machine delivered."
"Can't work out if I would step over it, around it, or limbo under it if I lived there," wrote a third.
Bristol Live is awaiting a response from the developer and from the highways authority, Bristol City Council, clarifying why the sign has not been moved.
It is not yet clear whose responsibility it would be, nor if there are any plans to move it in future.
The Tarmac surface around the road sign looks fresh, as though it was dug up only to be replaced in the same spot.
A Rightmove advert for the new three-bedroom homes suggests that the frontage has been finished for some months, as they were marketed in September with a similar street image.
It also shows the road sign in the same place, albeit from a distance, clearly blocking the gate.
That particular end-of-terrace property was listed with a 'from £365,000' price tag, with the marketing material advising that the development would be complete by spring 2021.
The homes appear to have been popular nonetheless, with several 'sold' estate agent boards now in place - including at the entrance next to the road sign.
Google's Street View function documents the evolution of the site over more than a decade, with the oldest view from 2008 showing the road sign still standing in the same position.
The timeline shows huge changes as the construction began to take shape, but the road sign is the one constant captured throughout.
The plot was previously home to a Victorian building that served as Shirehampton National School, before becoming a snooker hall and café.
Applications dating back years, seeking to demolish the site, had been repeatedly refused by Bristol City Council and then the Planning Inspectorate on appeal, favouring the retention of the existing historical building.
However, permission for demolition was finally granted in 2014, and the building was cleared.
Marlborough-based developer Spring Homes Ltd then secured planning permission in 2018 to build five three-bedroom houses and four two-bedroom apartments there.
Its planning application said the vacant site had become an "eyesore" surrounded in hoardings.
The council's report for Spring Homes' subsequent proposal for redevelopment agreed that the site as "overgrown, boarded up and vacant", adding: "The building has already been demolished and as such there are virtually no surviving heritage assets."
