Nine months after Storm Eunice ripped off sections of the roof on her apartment block, Elizabeth Winstantley still cannot return home. Still paying the mortage, she's among residents facing a £300,000 bill to fix the roof after being told they're not insured.
As reported by the Manchester Evening News, some of those living in the 24 flats at the Orban apartments in Whalley Range in Manchester have lived with the damage covered by tarp and plastic since February 19. But two flats were left uninhabitable and others were exposed to water damage.
Elizabeth was left homeless as her top floor flat was so badly damaged by the roof’s collapse. Between February and September, she was forced to move between her mum and partner’s, sometimes even sleeping in her car.
