‘I lost £13,000 after rogue builder ripped off my roof and ran away with my cash’

Sakhile Zimbwa was left out of pocket after a builder removed her roof (Picture: Charley Atkins / SWNS) A nurse has claimed she was forced to pay £13,000 to fix her own roof after a cowboy builder pulled it down – leaving her thousands out of pocket. Sakhile Zimbwa, 59, agreed to pay £4,000 of the £10,000 agreed fee upfront for a builder to fit a new roof and guttering to her three-bed semi-detached house and neighbouring garage in Sheffield. But after completing half of the roof, he ordered her to pay him the remaining £6,000 of the quote or he would ‘pull it down’, according to Sakhile. When she refused, the mum-of-three said the builder and several of his workers took down the tiles, smashing several, took other materials, and even damaged her roof. They then left the property. The buil