Neighbours living beside a £6.5 million affordable housing development fear vibrations from heavy construction plant could damage their homes.
Residents in Cupar’s Tarvit Gardens have had to put up with noise and disturbance from a site off Pitscottie Road where Kingdom Homes is building 49 houses and flats for rent.
One has had a massive pile of earth dumped right next to her fence.
Jan Wigfield said she is worried about the impact on the home she shares with husband Richard and has discovered cracks on her bedroom and en suite walls.
Kingdom Homes has apologised to residents for any disruption caused and a meeting was held, with the aim of establishing a developer and resident liaison group.
Mrs Wigfield said: “The vibrations we are getting in our house are really frightening.
“When I was lying in bed the other morning the whole bed was shaking.
“We have been used to heavy farming equipment on that field but never anything like this.”
She also claimed work had been starting at 7am, waking them up and forcing them to flit to another bedroom, and that there was no warning that the site preparation works would be so extensive.
Cupar councillor Margaret Kennedy, who the requested meeting, said “Anxiety can be connected to the fact that no one knows what’s going to happen tomorrow.
“One of the purposes of a liaison group is to give a clear understanding of what’s happening on site and neighbours know when there are going to be big works taking place and who to go to when there is a problem.”
Bill Banks, chief executive of Kingdom Housing, said: “We have apologised to residents for any inconvenience.
“While steps are always taken to manage and minimise vibration and noise for neighbouring residents, we fully appreciate that it can be disruptive when new houses are being built close by existing residential homes.
“Some residents have contacted Kingdom about their concerns and Kingdom has been meeting with several individual residents over recent days to discuss their concerns with them.
“We have also been liaising with the contractor to minimise disruption.”
He said the housing association had asked the contractor to provide a noise programme so residents know when to expect louder works and was to review with the contractor what kind of wider resident impact programme was feasible.
