Caravan family move into new home
This year Joe James and his family will spend Christmas in their own home
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Tuesday, 22, Dec 2009 11:04
A family who have spent the past four Christmases in a caravan in their garden will be able to enjoy a festive meal in their own home this year thanks to the kindness of others.
Joe James and his four children were left living in the mobile home after a series of unfortunate events which saw the single dad lose hearing in one ear, his mother and his business all within a short space of time.
Furthermore, his partner of 14 years left him, meaning Mr James was unable to finish much-needed work on the family home, the Holyhead and Anglesey Mail reported.
The family have been spared another year in the caravan though after Mr James' former employers wrote to DIY SOS.
The TV show made a special episode highlighting the plight of kids across the UK living in inadequate housing.
It invited dozens of local tradesmen to help revamp and repair the existing building and complete a large extension in less than a week.
"I thought if they were able to get the building up, and possibly have the lounge and Kerry's bedroom finished, that would have been more than enough, because it was such a big job," Mr James told the newspaper.
He added that the work done in the week would have taken him a decade to complete.
Meanwhile, the Burton Mail has revealed how a local crook who was given a curfew order has had to apply to have it changed after it emerged his wife had thrown him out and he is now living in a caravan.