Petworth woman’s ‘horrendous’ wait for repairs after car crashes into her home

Repairs have started this week at her home

A grandmother whose Petworth home was damaged when a car crashed into it more than six months ago said the long wait for repairs had been ‘horrendous’.

Katja Consentius was in her kitchen when a car came crashing through two bollards and into her home in Park Road in July last year.

The brickwork below her bay window was impacted, and Katja said living with the damage had left her depressed and suffering from panic attacks.

“It was horrendous,” she said. “The cold air was coming in, the radiator had fallen off from the inside and I didn’t have any hot water to start with.

Repairs are taking place at the Park Road home

“It was cold and I didn’t have any proper heating downstairs. It’s been a bit of a nightmare.”

She was also concerned about traffic fumes coming into her home.

“Just living in this sort of situation, it’s not very pleasant,” she said.

“I can’t think about having a holiday, I can’t think about having a birthday party.”