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Tim Maku, 44, fears the flooding repeatedly hitting Thorpe Hall Avenue is "getting worse" and worries no-one living on the street will be able to sell their home until the issue is fully resolved. Wedensday's flooding was the latest in a long line of flooding woes to impact residents over the last three years and Mr Maku claims "not enough" is being done to tackle the issue despite the promise of a new £350million water tank. He claimed he had been told by other homeowners on the road the value of their properties had decreased as a result, and so those looking to sell cannot.
Mr Maku said: “It’s terrible, I don’t think they’re doing enough. We’ve been told they’re going to fix it, but they haven’t done anything about it, I don’t think they have a solution. “The driveway’s a mess, who’s going to pay for it.
My neighbours aren’t happy, one of them can’t get out because of the water, she’s scared she could slip or something could happen to her. “The standing water is creating potholes in the road. People are putting out sandbags all the time, every time it rains, it affects your quality of life.
“If you want to sell a house on this road, the value of the house is going to depreciate because all people see is floods all the time. “I won’t sell now, it would be a bad idea. The only way you could sell properties like this is if the problem is sorted, but I can’t see that happening any time soon.
” He claimed his driveway had been damaged by the flooding with the paving bricks no longer level and “discoloured” by “dirty water.” Fears are also growing among residents that heavy rainfall could lead to water entering his home and he is “anxious” every day it rains due to this possibility. “I’m worried this is going to come inside my house and destroy my property,” he added.
“I’m going to have to disclose to my insurance company that this is potentially a flood area so they know about this.”.
