A man and his family who moved into a new build on a street called Albatross Drive have been left with a home plagued with problems - including mould, leaking windows and an unfinished roof. The family paid £345,000 for the house but when they moved in in December they found decorators finishing the house as they arrived.
While an albatross was originally an omen of good luck, having an albatross around your neck is a phrase that means being lumbered with a curse you can never get rid of.
The new homeowner said: "From the start, it's been awful. The house was sold to us for £345,000 and it wasn't even finished. When we got the keys we turned up and there were decorators still working on it.
