It was sold as a focal point : Plush estate homeowners irritation at state of rotten pond
Householders on exclusive development are unhappy over the pond area - but the developer says there s a reason for delay in spruce up
12:29, 20 APR 2021
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Frustration over “rotten vegetation” and unsightly weeds on a luxury Teesside estate have sparked pleas for a developer to do more.
Upmarket Grey Towers Village, in Nunthorpe, welcomed its first residents six years ago. But some householders on the plush estate have become increasingly annoyed by the state of the pond area off Ellerbeck Avenue. Now there have been fresh calls for Barratt Homes to sort out weeds, gravel paths and “rotten” bollards on the stretch. Gary Skelton, 53, was one of the first residents to move into Grey Towers. The father-of-two said he complained about trees being “dead” when they were first planted about five years ago – adding he’d raised concerns about overgrown grass for years. Mr Skelton said: “When we said we weren’t happy with the grass and the weeds, we told them we wanted it cut more regularly.
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