A retired couple have been forced to pack up and leave their home of 15 years by tomorrow (14) after coastal erosion caused by Storm Goretti left it at risk of falling into the sea.

Dave and Sue Sheridan, 71 and 63, bought their dream £157,000 home by the coast in Hemsby, Norfolk, in 2011 for a peaceful retirement.

But in 2013 a storm and tidal surge caused the cliffside overlooking Hemsby beach, on which they live, to begin to erode.

Since then every Eastern storm has caused further erosion and the roads and houses which once sat in front of theirs were slowly vacated and demolished after becoming unsafe.

2018's 'Beast From The East' saw the cliff battered further and Dave and Sue began to worry for their own home.

Following further damage by Storm Goretti this month, Dave and Sue are now waiting to receive their own eviction notice from their council, which they have been informed is imminent.

Once issued, they have been told they will likely have 78 hours to vacate.

They must move in with family and will lose the £157,000 they paid in cash for the bungalow when they bought it.

Sue, a former shop assistant, said: "We thought this is where we'd end up and finish our lives."

"The family could come and visit, we could go on walks on the beach, and have an easier way of life."

"We thought we might have a couple more years, and now we have under a week."

Dave, a retired buyer stock controller, said: "When we first came down here we met lots of other retired people doing the same thing as us."

"All these years we've loved it, it's such a shame."

"The past few nights we've barely slept."

Sue and Dave, parents of two and grandparents of three, had been coming to Great Yarmouth as children and both hoped to return in later life.

So in 2011 they sold their family home in Slough, Berkshire, and bought their three-bed bungalow in Hemsby.

When they first moved there, there were rows of bungalows and summerhouses, and even roads, further forward than their home.

But as the erosion of the cliff progressed, they saw neighbours and friends living in those homes say goodbye after they needed to be demolished.

Sue and Dave anticipated they might face that one day, but expected they had years left before then.

Dave said: "We had the tidal surge in 2013 which was then it started to affect this part of Hemsby."

"More or less every year since then more bits of the beach have gone due to the high tides."

They both retired in 2020 and loved having their children and grandchildren come to visit.

Just a weeks earlier they had hosted Christmas for their family, unaware that Storm Goretti would soon change everything for them.

When the storm took hold they learned many neighbours had been told they needed to leave in a matter of days.

On January 6, the couple were notified they too would need to leave.

By the end of the week, they said a person from the council had visited them to confirm they would be issued an official Section 78 notice - the portion of the Building Act 1984 which relates to dangerous buildings and emergency measures.

They were told they would need to be out the property by tomorrow (14).

They have yet to be issued the official form - but operating on the assumption that it will be issued imminently, they have packed up their home and are preparing to leave for good.

Because they won't be able to claim on the insurance for the cost of the house, they now have to pack up years of family memories to move into a caravan or one-bed council flat, as it's all they can afford.

Sue said: "We'll be staying on friends and families sofas after we leave."

"Someone has offered us their garage to store all our possessions in."

"It's just happened so quickly."

Dave said: "It's just become a nightmare now."

"The sooner we get out and close the door, the better."

"We have so many good memories here, at least nobody can take that from us."

Their daughter, Ali Rodwell, 39, launched a fundraiser on Go Fund Me to help out her parents.

The primary school office manager said: "They're trying to keep as positive as possible, given they're being given an eviction notice on their home."

"But they were very upset to begin with."

"This was meant to be their final home, they just wanted a peaceful life and retirement."

"It's very overwhelming - but all we can do now is just crack on."

www.gofundme.com/f/coastal-erosion-causing-homelessness