Holes seven feet deep, "cowboy" work, buildings torn down... a householder has been plunged into a 'living nightmare' after a businessman's botched attempt to build a new family home next door left part of his property at risk of collapse.
Speaking about his ordeal, 60 year-old Shaun Simpson, said he has been left in the middle of a "living nightmare" after unsafe work left the site just yards from his home "a death trap waiting to happen." The homeowner, who is from Tameside in Greater Manchester, explained to Manchester Evening News that Mustapha Matib, who is not a builder, took it upon himself to act as principal contractor for the project to build himself a new home.
But the site, on Gibraltar Lane in the Haughton Green area of Denton, was plagued by problems. Shaun raised the alarm with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after he witnessed workers being put in danger by digging barefoot and leaning over unprotected holes several feet deep.
