The home, which had been undergoing renovations, collapsed leaving behind a £1.2million pile of bricks, windows and doors.
Good thing nobody was in the house when it collapsed at around 1am today. A woman who lives near the house which collapsed said she thought the cordon was because of a gas leak.
And Anna Maria Rodi, who lives further up the south west London road where the house collapsed off Kingston Hill.
The said property, which had a swimming pool, was left as little more than rubble after the dramatic collapse in the early hours of Monday morning.
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What the house looked like before the collapse (Picture: National)
Said her children had visited the home before to play in the swimming pool, but said it had been sold recently.
She added: ‘I didn’t know what happened, I thought it was a gas leak but I didn’t hear or see anything. There was lots of scaffolding there and it’s just been sold, I think the new owners were having work done. My kids have been there before to play in the pool.’
London Fire Brigade said: ‘Firefighters attended a house collapse on Derwent Avenue, Kingston Vale in the early hours of this morning. The majority of the two storey house collapsed.
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(Picture: National)
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‘Extensive search was carried out and thankfully it appears that no one was in the property at the time of the crash. The Brigade was called at 0110 and the incident was over for us at 0416. Fire crews from New Malden, Wandsworth, Kingston, Battersea and Heston fire stations were at the scene.’
Police spokesman said: ‘Police were called shortly before 01:00hrs on Monday, 3 April, to reports that part of a building had collapsed in Derwent Avenue, SW15. Kingston officers remain at the scene, and cordons are in place for public safety. Nobody is believed to have been inside the property, which had been undergoing renovation. There are no reports of any injuries. The matter has been referred to the London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.’
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