Disabled gran has lived in hotel for 2 years after flat blaze

A disabled gran forced out of her flat by a fire has spent two years in a Travelodge and said she would "rather be in prison".

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00:00Why have you been living in the Norwich Travel Lodge?

00:04My neighbour set fire to his home about one o'clock in the morning.

00:10We had a bit of a commotion.

00:13I opened my front door to find my other neighbours running down saying

00:16quickly get out, he's set fire to his living room.

00:19Unfortunately a lot of water damage meant I could no longer live there

00:23so they had to find me other suitable accommodation.

00:26While looking for temporary accommodation for me to

00:29obviously move into, I've been staying here.

00:33I've been living in the Travel Lodge now well over a year.

00:37Obviously this Christmas will be my second Christmas in the Norwich Travel Lodge.

00:42The staff are lovely.

00:44I mean I can't fault them but these hotels aren't made to be lived in.

00:50Although very comfortable, it's not home.

00:55Living in the Travel Lodge, obviously you have the restaurant,

00:59you've got all the staff but the majority of the time you can't settle,

01:04you can't unpack, there's no way to actually unpack too.

01:08And then every two to three weeks you then have to move rooms

01:13so that they can clean the room.

01:16So you're never settled at all.

01:19I don't know at all how long I'm going to be here.

01:24I was hoping I'd have been back home by now but I've not been quite that lucky.

01:31The idea of being here for another Christmas,

01:36I was kind of hoping that wasn't going to be the case and stuck around.