A family's £900,000 dream home is now "worthless" after becoming prone to being flooded with raw sewage. Helen and Ashley Northway’s 17th century stone farmhouse was overflowing with foul water after spring storms swept the UK last week.
Their six-bedroom property was overwhelmed despite £230,000 being spent on flood defences in their village in 2021. The couple’s home sits in a natural dip in the centre of the village which has been hit with flooding in recent years.
On Christmas Eve 2020 the family desperately tried to save presents and valuables after the entire ground floor of their home was under 3ft of water. Because of bad drainage and a faulty sewage pipe, foul waste swept into the house, leaving the family with a huge clean-up bill.
