THEY say home is where the heart is - but a fed up group of residents today claimed buying new property on an Ipswich estate has left them wishing they had never bothered. All 16 homeowners in Cranberry Square, Ravenswood, have levelled an angry blast at Bellway, criticising the developer for failing to deliver the dream home they say they were promised.

Well it seems Crest have now changed their minds. They phoned to confirm our completion date yesterday for 5th October 2006. But when I mentioned snagging they said it was against policy and I should not have been told it was ok. After talking with 2 different people on the matter they have completely ruled out us having a snagging inspection carried out before we move in.

The brochure described it as a gently-sloping back garden. But when Alan and Jackie Carter prepared to move into their newly-completed four-bedroom Bellway house, they were horrified to discover what could only be described as a cliff towering above it.

The lack of communication and excuses are adding to sheer frustration and I if I could I would withdraw from this property. There is no commitment from the builders at all, they don't work weekends even though they are dramatically behind.

When the Gallimores from Rhoose Point bought their £200,000 house, they discovered a unique water feature that they could do without. Most new houses, when bought, have a few snags which need correcting but weeks after buying a new house in Rhoose Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, Paul and Karen Gallimore faced a rather more pressing problem.

Moved in June 2004 with a combined snag list of over 200 items. At present we still have no floor coverings upstairs due to unlevel floors. We are facing a bill of ?3000 to pay for someone else to fix the floors. Redrow are ignoring our phone calls and are refusing to pay for floors to be fixed properly.

Furious homeowners in Portishead are threatening to stage a sit-in at the offices of dock developer Crest Nicholson - unless complaints about their homes are sorted out.

Angry homeowners protesting about problems with their £400,000 luxury Barratt Homes (archive) have staged a demonstration on a prestigious Barratt estate.

Residents on The Hawthorns development in Burnside, Rutherglen, say they have suffered a catalogue of problems since they bought their dream homes.

Flooding, running sewage, overflowing toilets, windows that do not close, shoddy workmanship and poor customer service are just some of the complaints made by disappointed homebuyers after they moved into the KingsOak development in Weston Village.