RECENT flooding at a residential development in Sandown has caused anguish for residents— amid claims the landlord is not helping matters.

Perry Clifton lives at Riverview Court, off Avenue Road, which was badly affected when Morton Marsh flooded and the Eastern Yar river burst its banks earlier this month.

He said: "Though I totally accept the weather has been most unusual of late, all of this problem could have been less severe if our landlords had implemented proper flood defences when the site was first set up around late 2016.

"The flooding is not the only issue. I have only just recently managed to get mains electricity on and we still have no broadband or landlines as promised, no proper site drainage, let alone mains gas."

Another Riverview Court resident, who didn't want to be named, backed up Mr Clifton and said the flooding prevented him using their parking space.

The landlord, Cavendish Park Homes, has as one of its directors Royston Cooper.

He was involved as director of Frankham Real Estates, when the company was fined after failing to provide adequate living standards at one of its caravan sites.

The company was fined £15,000 in 2018 after failing to fix issues which left residents of Luckista Grove Caravan Park in West Sussex with terrible sewage smells and intermittent water supplies.

Cavendish Park Homes said it has purchased the materials to deal with the flooding at Riverview and drainage problems at the rear boundary.

Currently the water levels are too high for the work to be carried out, but residents have been notified.

It said the supply of mains or bulk tanked gas, and telephone lines, will be available this year.

It said: "Cavendish Park Homes prides itself on the quality of its parks and truly believes it operates the best residential park home estate on the Island.

"It would welcome the local authority to deal with the flooding in the area, as would the whole of Sandown."

The spokesperson said Mr Clifton has been offered a full refund for his home along with payment of any legal and associated costs such as removals — an offer which still stands.

They said: "If life on the park is in fact awful, and there are plenty other sites on the Island to which he can move, this raises the question as to the motive behind his spurious complaints."

The County Press has approached the Environment Agency for clarification on any future plans for flood defences in the area.