A RETIRED man was shocked when he opened his front door to find his front wall had collapsed overnight.

Sixty-three-year-old Abnash Taack, of Wrotham Road, Gravesend, woke up at 4am on Saturday January 8 when he heard a loud bang.

But Mr Taack, who lives with his ten-year-old daughter Anjeli and 56-year-old wife Chernegat, did not see the extent of the damage until he answered his door at 8am.

Mr Taack said: “I looked out of the window but couldn’t see anything, so I just thought a door had slammed.

“There was a delivery coming at 8am and when I answered the door that’s when I saw it.

“If anybody had been walking past when it fell it would have been disastrous.”

Mr Taack believes the wall collapsed to due adverse weather conditions.