Hoarder, 87, is sent to spend night in Travelodge after bailiffs use sledgehammer and crowbar to smash down her front door and evict her from her home of 61 years
•Bailiffs and police officer said to have used sledgehammer and crowbar to force way into 87-year-old woman's home
•May Appleton was today evicted from a property she has lived in for 61 years in Cheshire village of Lostock Gralam
•Earlier this month 'hoarder' had barricaded herself inside house, which is full of dolls, teddy bears and plastic bags
•The pensioner had lost three-year eviction battle because her lifelong collection of memorabilia deemed fire hazard
•She and her three sons put up in Travelodge hotel for the Bank Holiday weekend but after that they will be homeless
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506205/Hoarder-87-FINALLY-evicted-home-lived-61-years-filled-dolls-toys-ruled-fire-hazard.html
I just want my house back. I don't know what is going to happen to me
May Appleton
Yesterday her eldest son Brian told MailOnline how an ambulance had to be called for his mother after she became distressed by the ordeal.
He said: 'We were evicted at about 9.30am this morning. My mother had just got up and I made her some hot water bottles because she has a cold.
'There was a knock at the door and I saw two men coming up the path. Within about 30 seconds the lock on the front door was being drilled out, and then the same happened at the back.
'My brothers and I went to stop them coming in but a police officer and a bailiff both had a foot in the back door before a sledgehammer was used to smash the one at the front. It covered my brother in glass and then a crowbar was used to force the door open.
'My mother was in the living room just screaming, "You are wrecking my house. This is my house, leave it alone. Get out of my house".
'We had to call an ambulance to have her checked over.'
Mr Appleton, who along with his two brothers Mark, 52, and Paul, 49, has lived at the property all his life, said the four of them were currently being put up in a Travelodge hotel, where they will be forced to spend the Easter weekend, but from Tuesday they will be homeless.
Meanwhile, Mrs Appleton's home has now been boarded up. Her collection of dolls, autographs, toys, photos and memorabilia are due to be put into storage. The many items include valuable dolls, Star Wars and Action Man toys and autographs from Hollywood stars of the 1930s.
I cannot believe that the council, the fire service and the housing association were unable over 3 years to resolve the issue. There are expert declutterers ( www.apdo-uk.co.uk/) who have members who deal with this type of emotionally based keeping. It does take years and it is not half as easy as it seems on TV but I am staggered that Mrs. Appleton and her sons will be homeless after Easter.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3508292/I-just-want-house-Superhoarder-87-tells-heartbreak-eviction-home-62-years-says-doesn-t-know-living-week.html
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6978019/Hoarder-who-faced-eviction-from-home-days-before-Mothers-Day-avoids-being-turfed-out-by-barricading-doors-from-bailiffs.html
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hoarder-87-evicted-home-61-7311673
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/87-year-old-woman-evicted-7620270
www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/14253864.May__87__will_be_evicted_after_three_year_hoarding_dispute_with_landlord/
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