AN East Leeds family say their home is becoming an island in the middle of an ever-growing building site.
All around their terrace home new houses are under construction.
Since November, last year, Keeley Newstead, 32, and her husband Darren, 31, of Pennwell Lawn, Stanks, have seen building work mushroom in their previously quiet neighbourhood.
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he couple say their lives have been repeatedly disrupted, with work at the front, back and side of their terrace home from 7.15 every weekday morning.
Complaints
Their long list of complaints includes:
* Heavy fencing belonging to developers collapsed in high wind, trapping Mrs Newstead.
* Their home shook.
* The conservatory wall developed a crack.
* The water supply frequently vanishes.
* The gas supply suddenly is turned off.
* There is no electricity for periods.
v Earth-moving machinery is stood, almost on the garden.
Mrs Newstead said: "In November, last year, we had a field out back – it was just grass. Then they put fencing around it.
"After that it started at the front of the house."
She said that there have been a number of problems since the building work started: "We've got nowhere to park, the house shakes, the conservatory wall has cracked – its only been up since December – and the dog's depressed."
Mr Newstead also added his concerns saying: "If the fire brigade are out they can't get access to us."
Sub-station
The couple say that their gas, electricity and water supply have been repeatedly disrupted since the building work began.
And they are worried about their eight-year old dog, Scooby, who has started to chew wires and furniture around the home.
The construction work around their home began in November when Carillion began building behind and at the end of the street.
It continued when Persimmon Homes began building an estate nearby.
And an electricity sub-station has also been built in front of the family's house.
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