I think from the pictures in the local paper that it was quite an old house
(most of that part of Aldershot is Victorian, though some is newer - had it
been one of the oldest ones it probably would have been safer because of the
cellar, which might have been deeper than the foundations of the newer
ones). Also, although some of the shots on the show looked as if the house
was literally falling down, it actually had to be pulled down (not as
spectacular for the cameras of course). They did seem to have used a big
mechanical digger right up to the house walls.

Karen