A former Love Island winner has needed to transfer out of his home resulting from a sinkhole “in his driveway”.
Liam Reardon, 25, received the 2021 sequence of the fact present alongside girlfriend Millie Court docket, 28.
Talking on the pair’s podcast, Mr Reardon stated he and his household had solely moved into their new residence in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, “a few months ago”.
Hours earlier than the sinkhole first appeared on Saturday 30 November, he “drove over the part where the hole is”, he stated.
“We get a call at 2pm, saying we’ve got a small sinkhole at the end of our drive, and from there it progressively got worse and worse throughout the evening,” he added.
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The scenario deteriorated on Sunday morning whereas Mr Reardon and his household have been having breakfast.
“All of a sudden our front gates and our front wall… disappeared into the hole, and our driveway started eating away,” he stated.
“So then everyone’s on the street like ‘Get out of the house’.”
Mr Reardon is at the moment residing in an Airbnb after the household have been pressured to depart the property.
“We can’t go back to the house now. The house has been emptied and apparently they’re going to knock the house down,” he added.
“Luckily the tarmac didn’t break as I drove over it because I’d have ended up in a hole.”
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Liam Reardon and Millie Court docket. Pic: PA
Residents in a complete of 29 properties have been evacuated by the council’s housing officers, with security an “absolute priority” for the native authority.
Owners within the decrease finish of the Nant Morlais cul-de-sac weren’t in a position to safely return residence till early this week on the earliest, the council confirmed.
Chief of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, Brent Carter, stated the sinkhole had resulted from “the sheer volume of material that was washed down from the mountain during Storm Bert”.
