Huge leak pummels £1m property and sends water tearing through house
A five-bedroomed house which is on the market for £1.1 million has been left 'completely ruined' after a burst mains pipe sent thousands of gallons of water and rocks flying 100ft into the air before crashing down onto the countryside property.
The enormous geyser battered the modern property, which has been on the market since last August, from 6am until 2pm on Wednesday.
Severn Trent was eventually able to bring the pressure down to something which resembled a bubbling hydrothermal pool in Sneedhams Green, in Matson, Gloucester, which continued to flood neighbouring roads.
Several of the damaged home's windows were smashed and large areas of roof tiles torn off by the force of the water and debris raining down on the property.
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