An entire row of tenants have been left in a panic after being told to leave their homes within weeks. Neighbours living in a row of terraced housing near Scunthorpe were shocked when, on January 10, someone knocked on their doors and handed each of them a letter telling them they had until April 1 to get out.
The landlord who owns the entire Normanby estate in Thealby, Robert Sheffield, has decided to sell off the homes "out of the blue", leaving residents who live there in tears worrying what they are going to do next. "Extortionate" rent prices have left one couple, who have lived on the estate for three years with their 30-year-old son who has Down's Syndrome, struggling to find somewhere else to live since the shock announcement they would have to move.
The woman, who asked not to be named when speaking to GrimsbyLive, said she was handed a letter by a man who said "I have to do this, I'm sorry". When she opened the letter, she said she "just cried" and was left feeling "numb".
