Fed-up residents have told how they've been forced to live next to a £100 million half-finished 'ghost' housing estate for nine months after its developers went bust. <br /><br />Locals have been left living near the partially constructed 'eyesore' newbuild development in Clipstone, Notts., after all work was abandoned back in October.<br /><br />Since then, the unfinished homes have been taken over by wildlife -including deer and foxes - leaving it "like something from The Last of Us."<br /><br />Homeowners say the properties were left frozen in time after Sherwood Oak Homes <br />fell into administration last autumn having built just 30 of the 313 homes.<br /><br />However, there's now fresh hope for the 26 acre development to be finished after it was sold to Persimmon Homes in a multi-million pound deal this week. <br /><br />People living nearby say they now want the houses to be completed as soon as possible as it currently looks like a "model village for testing nuclear devices".<br /><br />Others are concerned whether people would want to pay £500,000 to live in their "old pit village" anyway even once the modern homes are all built. <br /><br />Great-grandmother-of-three June Harrison, 76, a retired control clerk, said: "They’ve been empty since last October. <br /><br />“They look like they would be beautiful houses so it’s been a real shame. You’re just left wondering all the time what’s going to happen to them.<br /><br />“It’s a bit creepy to see but now there’s two deer living in there at the moment. We’ve got foxes and everything living in there.<br /><br />“We'd seen the ones on the main road had been sold then all of a sudden we’d heard they’d gone into liquidation and the signs were removed.<br /><br />"But I am very pleased that Permission Homes has taken it on. They’re at risk of vandalism, although they have security there every night. <br /><br />"We've seen people around there but we haven't been given a time frame yet for when they will be completed."<br /><br />Another local resident, who did not wish to be named, said: "I suppose its not the fault of the developers but we've been left next to an eyesore for months.<br /><br />"With the animals in there it's like something from The Last of Us. Its been quite spooky living by a ghost housing estate, as I've seen it described.<br /><br />"They just need to crack on with it now as it's been a bit of a nightmare. They look like those model homes they build in the US to test out nuclear blasts. <br /><br />"I'm not sure if people are going to fork out half a million quid to live around here though. We'll just have to wait and see."<br /><br />Retired factory worker Linda Macutkiewicz, 75, a gran-of-two added: “It looks abandoned and it wants finishing. <br /><br />"It’s such a shame because they’re such lovely homes and it’s a shame to not see people live in them. <br /><br />"The houses look nice but the infrastructure is not done. Some were finished but they had to spend the winter empty.<br /><br />"At one point some said sold on them but the signs went down again. <br /><br />“Most people I've spoken to just want them finished. They just need to be lived in."<br /><br />Other residents reacted to the sale on social media with one person commenting: "Lets hope they get on with the job now."<br /><br />Another added "I'll believe it, when I see it" while a third said: "About time. It's looked a mess for months."<br /><br />Gareth Hankin, managing director at Persimmon Nottingham, said: “We are really excited to be bringing the Persimmon brand to this part of Mansfield.<br /><br />“It really is a great location – within easy reach of the town centre and with a wealth of local amenities.<br /><br />"On top of that there is fantastic open countryside just minutes away.”
