<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1362" alt="digger-on-site(dec13)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/digger-on-sitedec13.jpg" width="200" height="150" />As plot 2 nears completion the contractors have started to put the services in alongside the drive. There are trenches for gas, electricity, surface water and a water attenuation system. The site has gone from being muddy to more like a scene from the Somme. It's difficult not to walk anywhere without falling down a big hole.

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We were for forced to have a water attenuation system because by Anglian Water insisted. It consists of a series of very large plastic pipes connecting huge holes, filled with stones, under concrete lids as seen in this photograph. The idea is that when it rains very heavily the water first runs into the holes and then slowly runs into the mains drainage. Of course if the holes are always full of water then the rainwater just runs straight into the local drains. This ridiculous arrangement has cost us over £6,000 and we had no option, there is no appeal.

Our house, plot 3, is moving forward but we still don't have a fully tiled roof and the windows have not been installed.

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