Families fear their new-build homes could be about to get bulldozed following a row over a planning permission breach.
Eight of the properties in Cheadle, Stoke-On-Trent are under threat after it emerged the ground level was raised by 2.4 metres to make the site flat.
That goes against what the council signed off on - and now the homeowners face an anxious wait to find out what happens next after being warned they could soon be worth nothing.