''Just disgraceful': Norma's nightmare knockdown

Norma Dagher is the talk of Belmore in Sydney's south-west.

She's bulldozed a historic homestead that she inherited and locals aren't happy.

They claim the previous owners, Wilma and Carol Hynson, wanted the property heritage listed.

"We are talking about the wishes of two dead women that were not carried out. That is just disgraceful," Canterbury-Bankstown councillor and local resident Barbara Coorey told A Current Affair.

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Locals claim the previous owners, Wilma and Carol Hynson, wanted the property heritage listed. (Nine)

The house at No. 1 Wilson Avenue, Belmore, was set on a huge double lot with a tennis court and quaint clubhouse.

Wilma coached there well into her 80s.

Coorey says Norma's son was taking tennis lessons at the house when she befriended an ailing Wilma.

After Wilma passed away, her London-based daughter Carol inherited the sprawling estate.

Wilma coached tennis on the property well into her 80s. (Nine)

Emails show Carol was keen to carry out her mother's wish to get the property heritage listed, but Carol died 16 months later.

Norma inherited the lot but instead of getting a heritage certificate, she sought a demolition certificate and razed the place to the ground.

Norma was reluctant to explain how she inherited the property and why she knocked the house down.

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Norma was reluctant to explain how she inherited the property and why she knocked the house down. (Nine)

"We had an agreement," she told A Current Affair before seeking shelter inside a flower shop.

A Current Affair is not suggesting Norma has done anything wrong, but locals reckon their newly minted neighbour's actions don't pass the pub test in a suburb that's undergoing a high-density transformation.

"I love that place but they [Canterbury-Bankstown council] are rezoning the whole area," Norma told A Current Affair.

"There's going to be units right next to me."

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