"Every day these two tell us they hate living in a hotel. "We go past there every day to get the kids to school - it's still empty", he said with a grimace.Īs a result, the family had to take up emergency lodgings at Sandy Lodge Hotel, where they took turns sleeping in the main double bed with the help of a collection of airbeds and futons, all whilst baby Charlie slept in a cot.Īfter Kim showcased the surreal irony of the fact that they had a jacuzzi bath - that the "kids loved" - right next to a bathroom sink full of washing up and baby bottles due to the lack of space, she revealed the thing that was breaking her the most was "being asked if we will have a house for Christmas yet" by her children. Partner Ryan added: "The courts gave us five days when the letter came through. The family were living in their St Dennis home for the past two and a half years, but were promptly given two months' notice to leave. "It’s the greediness AirBnBs when there are so many properties that are let out as holiday lets when they could be used for people like us." She said she'd always wanted to bring her children up with partner Ryan in Cornwall as she'd loved the lifestyle, but now she "kind of hated it". Mum-of-three Kim, who was born and bred in the area, proudly announced that all her children were born at Royal Cornwall Hospital near Truro. READ MORE: Simon Reeve - I had to show the real Cornwall not Pornwall The family he met were staying at the Sandy Lodge Hotel in Newquay, after having being forced to move from their rented property in St Dennis, near St Austell, after the landlord decided to sell. From its inception 'Cornwall With Simon Reeve' was widely praised by locals for shining a light on the plight of the county in light of the second-home crisis, and the higher felt economic struggles by virtue of its tourist economy and lower wages, amongst many other factors.Ĭornwall Council had started an initiative whereby local people who'd been made homeless could rent rooms in hotels to keep themselves off the streets, and it was here where Simon met one local family who were in this very situation. Simon Reeve's new series 'Simon Reeve's Return to Cornwall' shows the much-loved BBC presenter making a return to Kernow after his hard-hitting first series which was filmed back in 2020.
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