FLOOD-hit tenants say they are at the end of their tether after their gardens were underwater again last week.

Residents in Cadora Way on the Thurston’s Rise estate in Coleford say that every time it rains their gardens flood and turn to mud from water rushing off the fields above.

And despite pleas to developer David Wilson Homes and the Stonewater housing association which owns the properties over the last two years, the problem still remains unresolved.

The estate has made news before with flooding, with the Thurston’s Brook which runs through the estate flooding to a depth of several feet right beside the play area provided by the developer.

It was awash again last week, with water lapping across the play area itself. Some parents say it’s an accident waiting to happen, but claim the only action taken since complaints were first made has been the installation of a lifebuoy.

Looking out at her underwater back garden last Thursday, Cadora Way mum-of-two Kelly Vale said: “It’s horrible. My kids Ava and Lillie are four and three, and last year it was so muddy from all the flooding I couldn’t let them out there, it was just silt and mud.

“It’s ridiculous – I’ve got two young kids and they can’t even play in their garden.

“This is coming up to the third Christmas we’ve had this problem, and I’m worried more flooding could wreck it again.

“Our garden was flooded on Boxing Day 2017 and we were out in the dark digging a trench to try and take some of the water away onto the road. It was close to going in the house.”

Residents say the problem is linked to a dispute over a drainage pipe between a neighbouring landowner and estate developer David Wilson Homes.

The pipe was laid to take excess water off the fields above to another area beside the estate, but has since been blocked, they say.

“Every time it rains, the ditch running down the side of our home fills up and overflows,” explained Kelly.

“We spent all summer reseeding and returfing the garden at our expense this year – the housing association and developers won’t do it – but it’s going to be mud again now and completely ruined.

“We asked them to returf it, but they say they won’t do anything until the dispute is sorted, which has already been going on for two years.

“They said a year ago it was with solicitors, and say it will be done soon, but it never is.

“The back garden is completely underwater and the path at the side is also covered.

“We’ve even had to move the shed up onto bricks because the water can get so deep.

“Stonewater just say ‘it’s not our problem until it enters the house’. Well I worry it will soon.”

Neighbour Sinead Childs added: “All the water comes off the farmer’s fields. It completely waterlogs the garden, every time there’s prolonged rain.

“Next door dug out the trench to try and stop it flooding the houses, which helps but pours all over the path. We get flooding every time we have heavy rain.”

The mum-of-one, who lives with her young son Roman, said: “We have asked for action, but nothing gets done.

“They say they’ll send someone to have a look, but nothing seesm to happens. I’ve never even had a letter.

“The garden was ruined, and I had to pay for the soil and seed to get it redone, but when it rained the flooding started again, and it was all mud. Even in the summer it floods.”

And she described the flooding by the play area as “a death trap”.

“They’ve done nothing except put a lifebuoy there. What sort of playground should need a lifebuoy?

“But it’s six to seven feet deep next to the play area.”

David Wilson Homes were asked to comment, but hadn’t replied by the time the Review went to print.