Sinkhol has made us homeless, the residents said

After swallowing High Street, a Surrey village in a synchron, the residents said they would be “no idea”, how long they would be released from their homes.

Homemen and businesses in Godstone are left in Limbo Sinkhole appeared In high street on Monday, many people were dropped from their homes over security concerns.

Now, the displaced families say they have been left to “Fend for themselves”.

The Leader of the Tenders District Council (TDC) said that if anyone felt, he was “very sorry”, and the authority was “best” to keep the residents informed.

Sarah Lewis, who was pulled out of the nearby William Way, said that he and their two daughters, who were four and six, were left “homeless”.

The 36 -year -old said that he was living in an AirBNB with black mold in the interim after being evacuated in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

“We don’t know how long we are going out of our house,” he said.

“I am trying now to try and get more information. There is no one.”

Around 30 properties are extracted while continuing work around Sinkhol.

Meanwhile, owners of businesses in Godstone said that they had seen a slowdown in business since they appeared to be synchronized and were forced to close several times.

Dana Hussain, who owns a barber shop in High Street, said he was concerned about the impact of Sinkhole, saying: “The council said that it may take about six months to fix it, three from three Six months.

“If that road is closed for three to six months, it will affect our business because we will lose all the customers for six months.”

Sami Bristo, who owns the Blossom Cafe in Godstone, said: “There is not much footfall at this time and traffic is affected.

“We have already chosen to close a day a week and expand our hours on weekends.”

Surrey County Council’s Matt Fernis said the properties around Sinkhol were now declared stable, but they admitted that it may take “months” to return the residents to their homes.

TDC leader Catherine Sare said that any resident was welcomed to have contact if they “need to talk to someone”.

“It’s hard – we have received a list of all the people that have been vacated, and someone else has contacted us, and I think we are contacting all those who today give them an update and They are fine.

Local agencies have declared a major incident regarding Sinkhol.

Additional reporting by PA Media.