A couple from Cornwall are fed up as their "beautiful" garden started flooding when work started on a new development. Amanda and James Bray, both 52, approached the developer but they refused to take responsibility, blaming the issue on fallen leaves. Amanda Bray, who works in a local bakery, said problems started last year when work commenced on the new 27-property development in Mabe Burnthouse, just outside .
Atlantic View is being built by Property Care Builders Limited and will partially become a Coastline Housing development of affordable rent and shared ownership properties. However, she says no sufficient drainage has been installed for the development and fears that sewage could come running in if the problem persists. "Who knows what will happen if this problem isn't rectified by the time people move in," she said.
She says the problem has been ongoing for nearly 16 months now and they feel nothing is being done to resolve the issues that did not exist before the work began. The developer told in response that it was only made aware of problems this year and is in regular contact with the couple, but did not go into detail about what drainage works have been carried out. "At first, it was only a little bit.
We thought it wasn't a problem but as the rain got a little heavier the water became a little more," Amanda said. "I left it go for a bit but it happened again." They admitted they have been in touch with the developers of the two, three and four-bedroom homes b.