A heartbroken mum fears her cliff-top home may fall into the sea by Christmas - after 26ft (8m) of land was swept away in just a MONTH.<br /><br />Nicola Bayless’s three-bed semi in Happisburgh is now less than 50ft (15m) from the cliff after storms Babet and Ciaran ravaged the Norfolk coast in the autumn.<br /><br />And she worries her family’s £375,000 property may be gone by the end of December as the village teeters on the edge. <br /><br />Nicola, 48, said: “We haven’t even got into winter, but as we’ve lost that much, we could be forced to leave in springtime or even before Christmas. It’s frightening.”<br /><br />Her late parents, Anita and Arthur Richmond, originally bought Beacon House in 2001 when it was over 670ft (200m) away from the cliff's edge.<br /><br />They knew the property, which sat among homes on Beach Road, wouldn’t be around forever as the government decided not to upgrade local sea defences.<br /><br />But since then, the sea has carved out huge swaths of the “cream cheese” like coastline, forcing dozens of locals to abandon their luxury properties.<br /><br />And Nicola, who moved into the property seven years ago, now fears her 'worthless' home could become uninhabitable in just a few months.<br /><br />The nurse said: “It’s heartbreaking and it’s frightening if you let it take over your mind, it can get you down mentally.<br /><br />“I’m not choosing to go and find somewhere new. it’s something I’m being forced to do. I would stay here forever, but I’m not going to put myself at risk.<br /><br />"After Babet, four metres was gone. Then it was another two meres after Ciarán. But more has gone since then. So you’re talking, in a month, seven to eight metres.<br /><br />“We used to have Christmas light competitions with our neighbours - how many lights you could get on your home. It looked like Las Vegas at the bottom of the road. <br /><br />“It makes you sad that village life is disappearing as well.”<br /><br />Nicola said she had holidayed in the idyllic Happisburgh area, famed for its red and white striped lighthouses, with her parents during the 1980s and 1990s.<br /><br />And during one of these memorable trips, they "fell in love" with Beacon House, which they went on to buy for £76,000 over 20 years ago.<br /><br />Mum of two Nicola said her parents gave her the home in 2016 when she started a family, while they moved into her nearby terraced home and later to a bungalow.<br /><br />And they had believed the property, which has a huge 50m (164ft) back garden and an annexe, would later be passed onto their grandchildred.<br /><br />But Nicola said the couple would be shocked if they could see the devastating loss of land that has taken place in the five years since their deaths.<br /><br />She said: “My parents had said ‘It will see you out, it will see your kids out.’ <br /><br />“On the survey, they were told they had 150 years before the cliff would meet the house. That was quite believable because of where it was.<br /><br />“But they’ve only been gone five years and in that time, you wouldn’t believe how much has gone.
