A COUPLE from Sheffield are living in their SHED while refurbishment work is carried out on their house - after the caravan they bought to move into temporarily went up in flames.
Craig Whittles and Caroline Unwin have moved their fridge, freezer, deep fat fryer and microwave into the garden shed - and are sitting together on a paint tin and a fishing chair outside.
The pair, from Swanbourne Road, Parson Cross, had acquired a caravan for themselves and their two daughters to live in for seven weeks while Sheffield Homes carries out work replacing their kitchen and bathroom and fitting new central heating.
But, just the night before they were due to move in, an electrical fault with the fridge started a fire which left the caravan uninhabitable.
All the belongings they had transferred into the mobile home for their stay were destroyed, including a TV, digibox and new clothes Freya had bought with her birthday money just a few weeks earlier.
Now Freya, aged nine, and Tarwyn, four, are staying with their grandparents, while Craig and Caroline make do in the shed.
Craig, aged 39, said: "We thought we had it all sorted with the caravan, but then it went up in smoke.
"We couldn't believe it - but I am just grateful we hadn't already gone in there, or else me, my partner or my kids might not be here today."
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