A Cause We Support
Sheffield Family Displaced After Builder Leaves Home Unsafe
A young Sheffield family of four displaced for over seven months after a builder left their home structurally unsafe.
£13,516
Raised so far
£19K
Fundraising goal
Recipient: Naomi Engelkamp Nygaard and family
Supported by the Brutalist Truth collection
The Story
Why we're standing with Naomi.
A family from Lodgemoor, Sheffield, with two young children aged four and three, has been displaced for over seven months after building work on their home went catastrophically wrong in September 2025.
Renovations funded by eight years of savings left the house partially demolished and structurally unsafe when the builder walked away. Two-thirds of those savings are very unlikely to be recovered.
The builder was a member of the Federation of Master Builders and TrustMark, but both withdrew support. The builder's insurer retrospectively voided the policy. Their bank declined to review the case as a 'civil matter.'
Their situation has been featured on BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Look North, and BBC News online. The family now also faces damp and mould after the house was left exposed through the rainy winter.
The lowest quote to fully repair the house is £92,000. Immediate goals — structural stabilisation, repairing damaged walls, roof repairs, and windows and glazing — total about £52,000 to make the house safe and weatherproof.
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