A SINGLE mum from Tarporley is furious with a housing trust that she claims has failed to address flooding in her garden for almost two years.

Karen Wells, 46, moved to Woodlands Close in Cotebrook in March 2017 following issues with a neighbour at her former home in Northwich.

But her green and pleasant garden was soon plagued by flooding issues reportedly caused by run-off from private land nearby.

Miss Wells, who lives with her 16-year-old daughter Megan, told The Standard she began contacting Weaver Vale Housing Trust around 19 months ago but to date nothing has happened.

“The garden used to be lovely but now it’s a no-go area,” she said. “My summer house is rotten and damaged and there’s black, foul-smelling water in the garden. I can’t cut the grass or get any plants.

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Before: Karen Wells' garden when she moved in.

“It’s appalling that nothing has been done about it yet. I was told in November that it would be done and re-turfed by spring and I would have a nice garden again but it's not happened.”

Miss Wells, who works as a delivery driver, said she paid £410 in rent and £111 in council tax every four weeks and expected better service.

The issue has been causing her a lot of stress - something she wanted to get away from following the issues at her former address.

“I feel like I’m going down into a depressive mode again,” she said. “Not being able to go into the garden I feel like I’m being suffocated.

“I’ve just been fobbed off again and again and feel like my hands are tied. It makes me want to just give up the house and move somewhere without a garden.”

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After: The garden has reportedly been damaged by flooding for almost two years.

She said the trust had promised to visit on June 5 but she had little faith that the issue would be resolved.

“I’m not holding my breath,” she said. “They’ve only been in touch because they know I contacted the newspaper.”

Weaver Vale Housing Trust has said it was a “complex” matter and it had been working alongside the private homeowner and the council to stop the flooding.

In a statement, Julia Chambres, the trust’s Open Space Manager, said: “We are actively working closely with Ms Wells, Chester West and Chester Council and the private landowner to come to a mutually agreeable solution to this complex issue.”