Residents are furious after their idyllic new-build estate descended into a bleak mess of dead plants and cracked pavements just three years after being built.
People started to move into Nightingale View in Hamstreet, Kent, as early as 2023, excited for their future in a quiet village setting.
Some keen villagers even bought properties off the developers before a single brick had been laid – a decision they would soon come to regret.
For more than two years, householders have complained about issues with the 80-home estate’s cracked footpaths, dead trees, and patchy, dying grass.
Alan Brown was one of the first arrivals on
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