New photo Family forced to sleep in one room because cowboy builder 'destroyed' home and fled

A family of five have been forced to sleep in one room after a cowboy builder allegedly destroyed their home and fled with the £46,000 they paid for an extension. 

Student Thenucha Sivakumar, 19, posted a shocking video of the three bedroom terrace home in Lewisham, south east London, where she lives with her mother and three siblings. 

The devastated family have been left with gaping holes in their floors, disconnected pipes with no running water and huge piles of debris scattered around their home.

And they were shocked to discover that the rogue builder, Ben Woodman, 32, allegedly owes more than £180,000 to at least 24 other families for an array of unfinished work, The Sun reported.

A damaged chimney (left) and unfinished extension (right). Student Thenucha Sivakumar, 19, posted a shocking video of the three bedroom terrace home in Lewisham, south east London

The floor of the dining room and living room was allegedly ripped up by builder Ben Woodhouse, 32, who fled and left unfinished building work

A total of 16 county court judgements have also accumulated against him for £43,121 over the past two years, according to court records.  

Miss Sivakumar told The Sun: 'He has destroyed our lives. 

'We called the police but they said it was a civil matter. 

'He hasn't even paid his own workers as they keep knocking on our door looking for him and asking for their wages.'

Mr Woodman has since admitted to The Sun that he 'messed up' but has denied he is a 'conman'. 

The Sivakumar family claim they paid Mr Woodman £46,000 up front to build a single storey extension on their house with a new floor, open plan lounge and dining room over the span of eight weeks.

Piles of bricks and debris lie in the Sivakumar family's garden after Mr Woodhouse vanished halfway through building an extension after being paid £46,000

Just the the walls of the extension and timber joists for the roof were built before Mr Woodhouse vanished 

But they claim he ripped up the floor in the dining room and lounge and only built the walls and timber joists for the roof before vanishing. 

Despite efforts to get in contact with Mr Woodhouse, the family have not heard from him since October.

Shocking footage taken of the house shows exposed brick, dripping water from leaking pipes and piles of bricks in the garden.

Before vanishing, Mr Woodhouse disconnected the pipes in their kitchen so their sink cannot be used. 

Damaged exposed brick (left) and huge chunks of debris in their home (right). Mr Woodhouse claims his company went into insolvency 

The rogue builder allegedly ripped out the chimney breast in one of the bedrooms leaving a vast hole in the floor. 

Now the family have been forced to share one room, spread out across just a double bed and a single mattress. 

And the third tiny room is being used as a place to study by the four siblings aged 15 to 19, who are all at school or university. 

The builder's now closed Facebook includes posts from users attempting to warn others about the 'conman' who 'robs hard earned money', according to The Sun.

Mr Woodhouse claimed his company had gone into insolvency.

He told the Sun: 'Things do go pear-shaped. I'm not a massive firm. It's been in insolvency.' 

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