Residents of Haden Cross Drive in Cradley Heath face growing fears over landslips cutting off access to their new-build homes.
Wet weather has worsened the issue since March 2024, with mudslides blocking driveways and forcing residents to park far away and walk through gardens.
Developer Dunedin Homes, which began remedial work in December, denies liability, citing ongoing legal actions and insurance reviews.
Sandwell Council, while not owning the land, says it is in contact with the developer and understands residents’ concerns.
Wet weather has worsened the issue since March 2024, with mudslides blocking driveways and forcing residents to park far away and walk through gardens.
Developer Dunedin Homes, which began remedial work in December, denies liability, citing ongoing legal actions and insurance reviews.
Sandwell Council, while not owning the land, says it is in contact with the developer and understands residents’ concerns.
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00:00I'm Rachel Howard, just some of the issues we've been having on our new build estate.
00:10I've been in my home coming up to three and a half years, we'll be four years in May.
00:15One of the major issues we've got is the collapsed retaining wall slash bank behind us.
00:22It first happened anything between six and 12 months ago, a temporary measure was put
00:27into place with lots of sandbags, and it unfortunately was just left.
00:31We have been in touch with the local council and MP, but unfortunately because we are a
00:35privately owned state, although we do still pay council tax, nobody's taking responsibility.
00:44The temporary measure that was put in place has now fully collapsed, so the road is officially
00:48closed.
00:49That means roughly 12 houses now do not have access.
00:53My name is Rhys Alexander, I live in Cravey Heath, and this is the situation that we've
00:57been dealing with since March.
00:59This wall actually broke in March and all the land came down, and over the last nine
01:03months it's just got progressively worse.
01:05And all we really want is just for someone to fix it because, you know, people want to
01:09get to their houses, park on their drives, feel safe waking up in the morning knowing
01:13that there's not going to be any sort of land flashing through the house.
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