Sunderland home remains cordoned off after 'significant subsidence' in city street
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Sunderland City Council confirmed that it is continuing to work alongside the home owners following the incident, which emerged over the weekend.
A house Broomshields Avenue was affected by subsidence, with the home’s driveway and front garden visibly sunken below street level.
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Hide AdA silver Mercedes, parked in the property’s drive alongside a blue car, had gone nearly a foot into the ground and remained in the same state yesterday.
A resident of the street, who did not wish to be named, said “two or three” houses were previously demolished at the bottom of the street due to a similar problem.