Tree crashes into new Darlington home before tenants move in

Summarised from The Northern Echo's report · Updated 25 Oct, 20:37 · Archive

A large tree has crashed into a brand-new detached home in Darlington, destroying its roof weeks before new tenants were due to move in.

A large tree crashed into a brand-new detached home on Antiquary Drive in Darlington at around 9am on 25 October, destroying much of the roof. The house forms part of a new housing development built by Homes by Esh and was unoccupied at the time, though new tenants had been expecting to move in the following month.

A neighbour reported hearing a loud bang when the tree came down and described seeing the tree lying across the house with a large section of the roof damaged and tiles torn away. He said: 'Thankfully no one was living in the house at the time it happened.' A cordon was put in place around the property. Roof slates from the damaged house were also dislodged onto a neighbouring property's car, and a fence was damaged in the incident.

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• Large tree smashes into brand-new Darlington home weeks before tenants move inA large tree has crashed into a brand-new detached home in Darlington, destroying its roof just weeks before new tenants were due to move in. The tree came down on Antiquary Drive at around 9am today (October 25), causing extensive damage to the property. Pictures from the sce…The Northern Echo · 25 Oct, 16:21

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