Dream home goes back to the drawing board..

Pregnant garda spent €40,000 on house renovations | Now she is told work ‘has put it at risk of collapse’

A PREGNANT garda has been left devastated after being told the majority of her dream house will need to be demolished after having already paid out over €40,000 on construction work. 

Mum-to-be Janice Doyle, from Drogheda, took out a €50,000 credit union loan to pay for the renovations but an engineer who inspected the property said she’ll need at least another €50,000 to put things right.

The 36-year-old initially purchased the bungalow near the town centre in August 2021 and said she knew some work had to be done to it.

Construction for an extension and a second storey got underway in February 2022.

Janice explained she had a visit from Louth County Council surrounding a planning permission matter which prompted her to get an engineer to carry out an inspection.

In the engineer’s report, he recommended a litany of changes and stated “the rear extension should be demolished and rebuilt”.