FED-UP residents on a newbuild estate say their £400,000 homes have been cut off for more than six months after two landslides blocked their road.
Residents of Haden Cross Drive, in Cradley Heath, were unable to park on their driveways after earth and rubble tumbled across the street just feet from their front doors.
A temporary sandbag wall was built following the landslip in March 2024, but it collapsed following days of heavy rain just before Christmas.
Newly released CCTV shows the moment tonnes of earth smashed through the barriers and across the road.
The landslip blocked access to 12 properties, forcing homeowners to once again leave their cars on nearby streets and walk through the rubble to enter their properties.
Locals say they are still unable to park outside their homes six months later, while they continue to wait for the rubble and earth to be moved.
They also say the estate has become plagued with drainage problems, with some complaining that sewage cascades into gardens and onto verges when it rains.
The estate is privately owned by Dunedin Homes, but residents claim no one is taking responsibility for the issues.
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.
Reece Aleksander, 33, said residents felt abandoned and feared the problems on the estate would never be resolved.
The engineer, who lives with his wife Georgia and their baby, said: “We’ve been given no indication of when it will be sorted ever since our MP got involved in December.
“It’s all been a load of nothing.
“They [Dunedin Homes] apparently have a plan in place for a temporary fix.
“It’s a nightmare. When I step outside my house we’ve just got this big mound of dirt to look at.”
Sandra Whitall, 77, says the situation has been that severe that her and her husband Glyn are looking to move.
The gran said: “We’ve lived on this estate for six years in October and we want to leave.
“We’ve had loads problems that they’ve never come and finished.
“A lad who lives past the landslip has had a leak in his drainage pipe for about 12 months.
“We tried to sell our house about 12 months ago before the landslip but it wouldn’t sell.”
Sandwell Council have given the housing firm until September to clear the road and have threatened taking enforcement action.
Retired restaurant owner Irene Taylor, 82, says she is also desperate to move.
She said: “I’ve lived here five years. I’ve got a nice house, design and garden but I’m not too happy with the builder.
“There were cracks in the bathrooms.
“Everyone I've spoken to has a problem within their homes.”
Dan Canavan and his family moved into their new build in St Dominic's Place in 2019, and said sewage began overflowing into their street.
He said: "We had a big problem last year with a collapsed drain on a street up from us, and it was causing backfill issues on our estate.
"We had raw sewage running down the fields behind us as a result of it."
Sandwell Council said it was in “contact with the developer.”
A spokesperson said: “Even though the land is not owned by the council, we have, however, been in ongoing contact with the developer to check what action the management company responsible for maintenance and repair is taking to rectify the problem.”
Dunedin Homes has been contacted for comment.
Words by Olivia Warburton and Adam Dutton
