A house in Lewisham collapsed in thirty minutes on 8 June amidst building works for its renovation.as The Telegraph reports that the ‘renovation of a £700,000 house bought as a ‘doer-upper’ in south-east London turned into a nightmare when it collapsed during building work.’
The Telegraph writes:
Architect Ted Aston, 55, also told the newspaper: ‘The roof of the building was leaning over the street, the corner of the road was cordoned off and they weren’t letting anyone near it. I spoke to a police officer outside and she told me next door had been evacuated, as she understands it, all of the internal walls have been removed. These building are nearly 100 years old and even though some partitions appear to be non-load bearing, some of the partitions become part of the whole building.’
