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<div>Hi, I’m Catriona (but everyone calls me Cat) Fletcher and I never thought this would be me but I need to ask the universe for help. An accidental house fire on 23rd May 2024 has devastated my home - it is now uninhabitable.
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<div>I and my lodger are homeless.
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<div>80% of my worldly possessions no longer exist and I have been forced to reach out and ask for help, which does not come easy but I don’t have many options.
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<div>For the past 5 years I have shared my home with my lovely (very patient!) lodger, David Hunt - the Head of Design &amp; Technology at Seaford Head High School in East Sussex along with my beloved pet cat Shaniqua. We both loved Shaniqua as did everyone on our street.
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<div>I awoke just before midnight on 22nd May in a flame engulfed room with exploding fire arcs. I somehow managed to escape out the back door. David was woken and escaped out the front door. We both had minor injuries and went to A&amp;E at 1am. David’s injuries came about through trying to save me.
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<div>Shaniqua was very sadly killed from smoke inhalation in spite of the incredible efforts of the Fire Brigade who re-entered my burning house to try and rescue her…I’m just totally heart-broken. Still after 8 weeks.
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<div>I stupidly let my insurance lapse and I’ve exhausted my savings on emptying the house, waste and debris removal ( 3 big skips filled already and it’s ongoing), structural engineer and through not working for 6 weeks.
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<div>This is an appeal to raise enough money to make the building water-tight and to re-wire it and replace a few structural lintels. That will probably cost £10-15k but then I would be able to ‘live’ there (not be homeless - yay) and then I can go about borrowing enough money to do the rest of the work. Altogether it is going to cost around £30-40k to make the house properly liveable again…that may take some time to complete, that’s okay I can live more frugally for a while but making the house weather-proof and with power in the short-term makes the next steps possible.
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<div>The building has a roof and brick walls - but not a lot else! Every wall and ceiling needs re-plastering. New flooring throughout. Every door replaced. All the windows on ground floor need replacing. A kitchen. Part of the bathroom….etc etc etc
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<div>I just need some help to get the initial tranche of work done before winter arrives (!) and so the house is in a state to be re-mortgage-able. Hopefully I have helped enough people over the years in the community and via Freegle, The Free Shop, The Waste House, Tech-Takeback, shipping container reuse depot and building clearance contracts - that some very good karma might be possible.
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<div>David and I would be so grateful for any amount of money that we manage to raise - it will literally help to get our lives back - and more than a just roof over our heads.
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<div>It's really not any fun at all, aged 60+, being without a home.
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<div>Or perhaps you’d like to help us in other ways?
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<div>I'm definitely going to need Tradies - an electrician especially in the beginning.
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<div>And a builder and materials…
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<div>Luckily enough my small humble ex-Council semi detached home has absolutely *no* architectural features and the work required is straightforward, plain building and trades. Feel free to drop me a message with any ideas as I’m definitely open to suggestions and anything that involves reusing materials :-) ! I will do a lot of the work myself and David is an excellent ex-‘painter and decorator’ but some jobs are way beyond my eclectic skills….
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<div>Thank you for reading this far.
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<div>David and I are beyond grateful to a whole bunch of people who have kept us safe and sane and/or housed this past 8 weeks.
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<div>Thank You to:
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<div>Fireman Phil and the East Sussex Fire Brigade.
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<div>Sirus, India and Ruby.
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<div>Edward, Jane, Sheila &amp; Kathryn and everyone at Freegle around the UK.
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<div>The crew at Presuming Ed’s cafe in Brighton, especially Richard, Steve and Murray.
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<div>The Brighton Open Market and traders.
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<div>Paul.
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<div>Les.
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<div>The Free Shop crew: Sharna, Fari, Alice and Clara AND Pam (Wonder Woman).
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<div>Jackie from Lloyds Bank.
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<div>Aunty Kath, Uncle Pete, Uncle Ric and Aunty Pam in Australia.
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<div>Kate.
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<div>Georgia and Danny.
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<div>Steven and Debbie-Sue.
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<div>The Meeching Road crew…
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<div>The Seaford Head High community.
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<div>Yvette and Joe.
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<div>Our wonderful neighbours especially  Lyndsey, Dave and Claire.
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<div>Thank you! Thank you!
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<div>Take care everyone - life is so very precarious and precious,
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<div>Much love-
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<div>Cat x
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<div>PS If I see you in real life I may not be able to speak about the fire. Don’t think me rude, I’m just up and down like a yo-yo and still feel quite traumatised X
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<div>PPS Please, please don’t donate money if you can’t afford to - I understand how tricky it is navigating the cost of living crisis. Good thoughts and virtual hugs are important too!
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