Parents have been left furious after claiming their kids can't play outside their £350k homes after a major construction firm never built the promised play area.
Families are considering sell their homes after a failed promise from Taylor Wimpey to build a play area for children outside their homes in Pineham Village, Northampton.
The parents claim there is nowhere to for their kids to play after moving into the £350k properties - with only a tiny bit of green near the homes -which it not big enough for all the children.
Mum Stacy Lloyd, 32, who has two children aged six and eleven, claims the kids are forced to play on the street as the little bit of greenery isn't suffice enough for all the families.
She said she feels "frustrated" after seeing the children forced to play football outside the resident's homes as they've nowhere else to go.
Stacy, who feels "disregarded" by Taylor Wimpey, told The Sun : "It's a real kick when you see them building new sites and advertising their sites as family-orientated, when they haven't finished the job here.
"A lot of people on this site have moved here and bought the houses on the pretence that this would be a nice place to raise a family. But actually we haven't got any of the facilities for that."
The major construction firm Taylor Wimpey has apologised for the building delay and said they are still committed to building the play area for the families and children.
The playground, which was supposed to be built in June 2021, was affected by material shortages which has set back the project, according to the company.
The playground was going to be used as a storage site for the builders during the building of the vast estate.
A primary school was even built to cope with the large amount of children who were moving to the new area with their families.
However, options for the kids to play elsewhere are limited as the nearest playground is a 20-minute walk away in the village of Upton.
Parents and kids even staged their own protest at the site where the play area should have been as Iram Mirza, 31, and her husband Omer, 35, paid £313,000 for their home in 2019.
Mum Iram said parents have to pay a service charge of around £100 a year towards the maintenance of the park as she claimed one of the main reasons to moving to the area was for the play area for their two children.
She questioned how long it takes to build a park and admitted the whole situation has been "infuriating". Iram has claimed the ordeal has felt like Taylor Wimpey "don't care" about the play area.
Joe Edwards, 37, said the estate has been finished for four months and the area where the play area should be is still empty as she claimed it must be difficult for the kids as there's nothing for them to play on.
The dog walker said: "The people that moved in at the beginning seven years ago still don't have a play area. Some people had play-area aged kids when they moved in and they've grown up and there's no play area."
The major construction firm Taylor Wimpey reported annual operating profits of £828.6m in March and have promised to start work on the play ground "in the coming weeks".
However, local parish councillor Mrs Lloyd claimed everyone has heard the promises "time and time again, for years" and said everyone won't believe it until they see it, she added: "Actions speak louder than words".
A Taylor Wimpey spokesperson said: “We sincerely apologise for the delay and wish to assure residents that we remain committed to delivering the play area as soon as possible.
"This was caused by issues with the supply of materials which has now been resolved, and so we anticipate the installation will be able to go ahead in the coming weeks.”
Works, which are weather permitting, are hoping to commence the week of July 18, with the play ground set to be installed in the next few weeks.
