The 63-year-old has lived in his bungalow in Carlton, Nottingham, for 25 years.
He has been involved in a legal battle with the defunct building society Bradford and Bingley over a mortgage for years.
Crawford, who has prostate cancer, claims he has paid off his mortgage but Bradford and Bingley claims he still owes £43,000 in repayments and a judge ruled the grandfather-of-two had to pay off the entire amount by 9am on Wednesday.