"Lobster" wrote in message
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


"It was a very old building. There was always the possibility that the
weight of the thatch was too much for it - or that work had been undertaken
on it which weakened something. "

ATM it seem that it's only one of many possibilities, It would be nice if it
was a 'DIY' induced problem, otherwise the next door properties could have
problems too....