Construction began on the four-storey block of flats in Gillingham, in 2022 and developers have recently added balconies to the homes.

But workers failed to remove an in the way lamppost before building started – meaning one unlucky resident could have a lamppost sprouting through their balcony.

The bizarre construction has left locals baffled, with some joking that the oddity will at least mean the future flat owner won’t have to pay to keep his balcony lit.

Others chuckled that whoever inhabits the flat in the future will have an easy escape-route in the case of a fire.

Gillingham resident Barry Knight told the Metro: “It’s funny but it shouldn’t be. I wouldn’t want to live there.”

Afaad Ltd, the site’s developer, has defended the balcony though, saying that constructing it around the lamppost was the only way it could meet deadlines.

A spokesman said: “It’s a work in progress, we are still doing the installation. We’ve still got a few months to go so this is not the complete product.

“It was never intended to be like that but because it’s council property and you have to wait for permission. So we can’t touch it.”

The developer plans to remove the lamppost in the future and is in the process of liaising with the council to do so.