{"id":3310,"date":"2025-04-06T08:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T08:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/3310\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T08:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T08:16:19","slug":"ive-lost-10000-after-my-dream-wickes-kitchen-ruined-my-life-now-im-a-homeless-mum-looking-after-newborn-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/3310\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ve lost \u00a310,000 after my dream Wickes kitchen ruined my life – now I’m a HOMELESS mum looking after newborn baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

A \u201cDESPERATE\u201d mum of a four-month-old baby has been left \u201chomeless\u201d because of major home retailer Wickes.<\/p>\n

Emilia, 34, and her husband Allessandro de Stasio, 38, have been left \u201cstranded\u201d and \u201cstruggling to survive\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Emilia, 34, and her husband Allessandro de Stasio, 38, claim they’ve been left ‘homeless’Credit: Doug Seeburg\"Messy<\/a><\/p>\n

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Their home has been left like a ‘construction site’Credit: Doug Seeburg\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

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The couple are forking out \u00a3230 a night to stay in a hotelCredit: Doug Seeburg<\/p>\n

Last month, the pair made the difficult decision to move out of their one bedroom flat in Hackney <\/a>for a week to allow contractors to renovate their kitchen.<\/p>\n

Little did they know that by doing so, they would face nearly a month-long ordeal with no definitive ending.<\/p>\n

After ordering more than 15 appliances, the pair agreed on an installation date with contractors.<\/p>\n

When a third of their order did not arrive and they received an email from Wickes<\/a> suggesting that all of the items had been delivered, the couple began to fret.<\/p>\n

With live feeds and exposed tools lying around on the ground of their home<\/a>, the couple initially saved up to move out for a few days to ensure the safety of their newborn.<\/p>\n

But with no update from Wickes on the delivery of the missing items and the contractors leaving to work on other jobs<\/a>, their home has been left like a \u201cconstruction site\u201d.<\/p>\n

Forking out \u00a3230 a night to stay in a hotel<\/a>, the couple have been left \u201ccompletely at a loss\u201d.<\/p>\n

Emilia told The Sun:<\/a> \u201cI am juggling sleepless nights and trying to figure out what to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very tough, the house is unlivable and we are paying for everything on a credit card<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have no relatives here so I am hoping for a bit of humanity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stress carried to the baby, she feels it, she\u2019s crying more, it\u2019s a spiral that seems never-ending and I am just furious, devastated and destroyed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, the temporary accommodation has no facilities to store breastmilk and is a 45 minute drive from their nursery.<\/p>\n

If the pair had been given an update or more information in advance, Emilia claims they could have returned to her family in Sweden <\/a>or her husband\u2019s in Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The couple’s bedroom has been left filled with itemsCredit: Supplied\"Bathtub<\/a><\/p>\n

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The bathroom is still in shamblesCredit: Supplied\"Kitchen<\/a><\/p>\n

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The kitchen is still bareCredit: Supplied<\/p>\n

Instead, they have been left without answers, just hoping to \u201cbe put in a safe environment\u201d.<\/p>\n

As costs<\/a> continue to rack up into the \u00a310,000 range, the new mum has emailed the company every day.<\/p>\n

She has described the little communication they have received in return, with no timeframe on when the issue will be resolved.<\/p>\n

Even if the items are delivered soon, Emilia fears the contractors will have moved onto other work meaning they will have to continue paying for a hotel whilst they wait on their availability.<\/p>\n

The new mum added: \u201cIt is absolutely appalling<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s careless, we have received no apology.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel a mix between fury and devastation, we have no on here to help us and we are just trying to figure something out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would cost them nothing to phone us but you know they are a big kitchen company against us with a new born baby and no money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just want an update\u201d.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Wickes told The Sun: “We are sorry to hear about Mrs de Stasio and her husband\u2019s experience as we always aim to deliver a high standard of customer service. <\/p>\n

“Our Customer Relations team is actively reviewing the matter and will be in direct contact to discuss a resolution.”<\/p>\n

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The pair are just hoping to ‘be put in a safe environment’Credit: Doug Seeburg\"Unfinished<\/a><\/p>\n

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The new mum has emailed the company every dayCredit: Doug Seeburg\"Parents<\/a><\/p>\n

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They say they’ve received no apologyCredit: Doug Seeburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u201cDESPERATE\u201d mum of a four-month-old baby has been left \u201chomeless\u201d because of major home retailer Wickes. Emilia,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,1934,1268,1270,1933,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-3310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-home-transformations","10":"tag-homes","11":"tag-renting","12":"tag-section-moneyproperty","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114290031573851573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}