http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/17/prince-charles-dream-village-poundbury"But take a stroll around and you bump into residents who are not happy with how their homes are standing up. Wayne Bennett, 25, who lives in social housing, claimed he had damp and cracked walls: "They tried to put it up too quickly. It's a shame. You'd think with the prince being involved they'd have taken more care."
Ron Rosbrooke, a retired civil engineer who lives in a handsome-looking mock Georgian house, tells how he recently pulled a fan cord in his bathroom and was drenched by water that had collected above in the fake chimney.
"I'm not sure the training is good enough these days. The skills just aren't there any more." But he also thinks the whole development is a little "tight". And he worries it's going to get worse when the new buildings go up.
Painter and decorator Ron Parker says he's kept busy maintaining the Poundbury houses. He points out rusty nails and hinges. "They should have used galvanised. Little things like that make a difference."
He claims a lot of the wood used was soft and unseasoned. "It won't last like they used to," he says".
