Serious design flaws in many housing estates, report claims
(The Guardian Business News)

New developments lack basic amenities such as shops and playgroundsCharlotte Denning and Conor Green were overjoyed when they moved into their first home on a new hillside housing development on the northern fringes of Plymouth. But the reality of living for three years on an estate designed by housebuilding giant Persimmon has been frustrating in many ways.`Almost every house has young families in, but there is literally nothing here for kids at the moment,` said Denning, 23, as a ferocious storm lashed the windows of their living room in Palmerston Heights. `They have to play on the road. Sometimes we move all the cars, so they at least have somewhere to run around.` Continue reading...