Flates in a restored former mill in Broughty Ferry have been engulfed by floods for a second time in 18 months.
Ground floor residents at Balmossie Mill spent much of the weekend fighting a losing battle against rising water that had submerged the ground outside.
As they mopped up, they called for a thorough investigation of the problem that appears to be caused by water seeping up from the ground below their homes.
Balmossie Mill sits in a picturesque hollow beside the Dighty Burn as it winds round a hill before flowing under the Seven Arches and out into the Tay.
The Dighty was swollen at the weekend after the heavy downpour, but the flood defence wall between mill and burn did not appear to have been breached.
Residents wonder if the problem is instead due to an underground stream being blocked, forcing the water to rise up into their homes.
“This is a nightmare and it’s the second time it’s happened in just over a year,” said Adele Davidson (33), who spent most of Saturday and Sunday trying to save her sister Arlene’s flat at No 1 Balmossie Mill from being engulfed. Arlene was away for the weekend.
A neighbour phoned Adele to say the garden outside Nos 1 and 3 was filling with water. She found the water seeping under skirting boards.
Sandbags left from the previous flood were put in place and a unit from the nearby Balmossie fire station pumped the floodwater into the Dighty.