An elderly couple forced to evacuate their clifftop home with only days' notice have told of their heartbreak after it was left to crumble into the sea by a council that didn't 'really seem to care'. Mrs Dennington was left in tears as they packed up their belongings and left the property, which she described as their 'final resting home'. 'We had never heard of any erosion until 2013, when other houses were lost to sea after the storm surge that December. That is when the local council began having meetings about the erosion problem – Michael and I went to every meeting.' 'We also were not eligible for a council property because of our savings.