Distraught residents of Sydney's "sinking suburb" could be waiting MONTHS for repairs due to squabble over who is to blame

Properties suffered sunken driveways, cracked brickwork and damaged roads. The Council have extended the number of homes with warnings from 195 to 841. Ground is allegedly built on insufficiently compacted landfill, causing it to sink. The blame game is escalating beteween the Council and Developer Lendlease. Council has hit out at the private system which hinders policing developments. Distraught residents watching their properties crumble as the ground sinks could be waiting months for repairs as authorities squabble over who is to blame. Jordan Springs East, a new Development in Llandilo, near Penrith in Sydney's West, is in such crisis the local Council slapped notices on 841 homes, worth $605 million, warning would-be buyers.

Features further information on: Sinking problems at Jordan Springs East Housing Development - Lendlease and Penrith City Council blame game squabble - Property damage at Residential development at Jordan Springs East - Armoury Road - Navy Road - Kevin Montier, Lendlease's Senior Development Manager - Karen McKeown, Mayor of Penrith - Residents impacted including: Mr Amit Vohra - Ms Suman Saini - Mr Sandeep Kumar - Ms Jaymie Murphy - Mr Rahaul Gupta - Mr Harshana Wrasigne - NSW Government Fair Trading support - Geotechnical engineering.