A woman’s costal home seemingly just crumbled into the sea seconds after a blind fell down from the wall.
Emma, who is 42 and 5 has five children, was made homeless after the incident, that happened within seconds from a blind falling from the wall.
Hours before the incident a he noticed some cracks in some bricks after she got back from work on the 29th of May, but didn’t think much of it.
The house is worth around £200,000, and is on a coast in Kent.
Speaking about the incident, home owner Emma said: “I was sitting there watching TV with a glass of wine and then the blinds fell off the wall. Everything happened really quickly.
“I heard this crackling and crunching and then you could tell the cliffs were gone. I think the cracks must’ve been getting bigger over a few days.
“We grabbed the kids and the teenagers from the annex and just said get whatever you can. Today, half of our house fell off the cliff. All that’s left is the living room, a bedroom, kitchen and the hallway.
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking – we’ve lost everything. This was my dream home which I paid for in cash. We were told we’d have about 40 years living here, but we’ve not even had two.
“We can get a new house, a new car – but it’s things like baby photos of my children that will all be at the bottom of the cliff now. It’s the sentimental things that I can’t get back that make this even worse.”
The house.
The family, including her partner, have been placed in temporary accommodation for the time being, with not many belongings with them, except phones, chargers, and the clothes they’re wearing. The tragic incident has also caused 20 other coastal houses to be evacuated too, over fears they’ll suffer the same fate.
Residents who live on the coast and in the area have previously warned authorities that they need to take more preventative action to stop these sorts of things, but it seems not much – if any – action has been taken.
Luckily no one was hurt in this incident, as it could have been a different headline, and a much different outcome for the families. Hopefully this is a wake up call to the local powers that be to try and prevent these from happening again as much as they can.
