Waitrose & Partners will close four of its stores with Lidl taking on three of the leases, as homeowners fear the change will damage house prices.

Kal Kandola, 49, was dismayed to hear that the Wollaton Waitrose in Nottinghamshire would be replaced with a Lidl.

She said: “We are regulars at Waitrose and not very happy about this at all.

“I have houses in Wollaton that I rent out. The issue of house prices is a concern as Wollaton is an affluent area.

Mrs Kandola said that while she appreciated Lidl’s business model there were already plenty of their stores in the area and that the decision meant customers “ability to choose the quality of produce that we want to buy is being taken away from us.”

Instead, customers were being “forced” down the “cheap and cheerful route”.

Mrs Kandola added: “I have purchased fruit and veg from Lidl and Aldi before and the quality is definitely not there.

Waitrose announced earlier in the month that their stores in Bromley, Oadby and Wollaton would close and had been acquired by Lidl while the party acquiring Sandhurst remained unnamed.

A further three shops, Marlow in Buckinghamshire, Stevenage in Hertfordshire and Waterside near Heathrow are also due to close.