Strictly’s Shirley Ballas devastated as her home is flooded after expensive renovations caused a leak… and her mother suffered injury at home
Shirley Ballas was left devastated after her house was flooded with water because of a recurring leak.
The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 59, took to Instagram on Wednesday to tell fans she was ‘frustrated to bits’ over the damage caused by the water pouring from the ceiling of her dressing room.
She added that, despite having had her entire home renovated renovated recently which cost her ‘an arm and a leg’, the leak remained an issue.
Unhappy: Strictly’s Shirley Ballas was left devastated on Wednesday as her home was flooded after expensive renovations caused a leak… and her mother suffered injury at home
Shirley explained: ‘When you wake up in the morning, you haven’t had the best night’s sleep and you’re exhausted, and you’ve had the same leak in the house you’ve had three times already that’s supposed to be fixed, and your whole dressing room is swimming in water, and your curtains are ruined, and your make-up is a mess and still you have the leak.
‘I mean what do you do? I’ve got the towels down. I’m paddling in it and it’s been a little bit frustrating to say that this house was renovated from scratch. It cost me an arm and a leg – and trust me it was an arm and a leg – and builders, builders builders, what can one say.
‘I’m just absolutely frustrated to bits this morning, so that’s another side you can see of me today is dealing with that, and builders. It’s just a mess.’
The video posted to her Instagram showed her designer clothes and shoes in her wardrobes, with the entire floor covered in water that had dripped through the roof.
Candid: Showing the water damage, she said despite having had her entire home renovated renovated recently which cost her ‘an arm and a leg’, the leak remained an issue
Upset: Shirley vented to fans, ‘I’m paddling in it and it’s been a little bit frustrating to say that this house was renovated from scratch’
Trying to see the bright side, she added: ‘I hope everybody has a little bit better start to the day than me.’
She went on to show the water pooling on the floor in her wardrobe, Shirley also gave fans a glimpse at the stains left on her wall by the leak.
Shirley then dipped a pedicured toe into the water before the camera pans to her Chanel-themed shelves crammed with designer shoes, and dresses.
To add insult to injury, Shirley went on to inform her followers that her mother had hurt herself when the shower door fell on her toe.
Kind words: Trying to see the bright side, she added: ‘I hope everybody has a little bit better start to the day than me’
Damage: Shirley went on to show the water pooling on the floor in her wardrobe, Shirley also gave fans a glimpse at the stains left on her wall by the leak and the ruined curtains
Painful: To add insult to injury, Shirley went on to inform her followers that her mother had hurt herself when the shower door fell on her toe
The professional dancer lamented: ‘It’s one of those mornings today, this shower door here fell off on my mother, so her toe is just about killing her.
‘I’m busy checking all the ceilings now, I’ve had to move all my stuff because everything was wet, all the shoes.’
Showing the leak, she added: ‘All the bottom of my curtains are absolutely drenched, they’re lace that I’ve had for years, and years, and years, spoiled. Water all over the dressing table, just a mess!’
Stressful: ‘The professional dancer lamented: ‘It’s one of those mornings today, this shower door here fell off on my mother, so her toe is just about killing her,’ she explained
Doing what she can: Having put towels on the floor to stop the water spreading, she said: ‘I’m busy checking all the ceilings now, I’ve had to move all my stuff because everything was wet’
