Dawlish News
15ft Garden At £1.7m House Disappears After Landslide
A couple who bought the property 18 months ago for £1.7million are facing life on the edge after their garden crashed into the sea.
The house in Dawlish, Devon was built by Nick Skilton, managering directon of Wessex Products. He was granted planning permission in 2005 for a four bedroom house with a glass sprial staircase and indoor pool despite its apparently percarious postion.
In 2007 it suffered a hugh landslip, described as the length of'' two double-decker buses'. The property was sold in 2009. The new owners are believed to have been assured that only the garden was in danger from the erosion caused by the sea breaking against the foot of the cliff.
The property is now thought to be valued at £1.1million. A spokesman for Teignbridge Council said "all conditions had been met at the time which allowed building on the site to go ahead."
