Homeowners fearing for £400,000 new build homes after being 'cut off' by giant landslip

Homeowners have been left fearing for their new build homes after a massive landslip, caused by wet weather, has cut off access to their properties.

Residents living in a new build cul-de-sac in Cradley Heath, West Mids, say they can now only reach their own driveways by foot. The ground above their homes first began to slip in March last year when a wall gave way.

Sandbags were propped up, but bad weather in recent months and weeks has seen tons of earth slide down, with a huge mound now completely blocking the road to their estate.

Now around a dozen homeowners, in homes which cost up to £400,000, have been effectively 'cut off', unable to drive their cars up to or away from their homes. The estate is privately owned by Dunedin Homes but residents claim no one is taking responsibility for the landslip and they are now worried about their homes.

They have to park far away and trudge up to 100 metres through their neighbours' gardens to get home. The problem has been made worse by a lack of street lighting on the almost five year old estate which, despite being installed, has yet to be turned on.

It comes after some residents in nearby High Haden Crescent, less than half a mile away, fear they may lose their homes after a giant landslide began slowly destroying their gardens. Reece Aleksander, 33, an engineer says living on the estate is a "nightmare" and that his drive, near the biggest slip, has been blocked since March.

Reece voiced his concerns after a series of landslides have left the road to his property virtually inaccessible. "Since March when the wall first broke we've not been able to use our driveway and I'm certainly starting to get worried about it creeping further to where our garden is - it could end up