 Living accommodation is 5ft above the previous flood level |
A house in Lewes has been built on stilts to prevent it becoming a victim of floods which last hit the town three years ago. A property developer has finished the first of a number of homes which are 50ft from the River Ouse but raised up to prevent any risk of flooding.
In 2000 torrential rain caused dozens of houses to flood in the East Sussex town and since then developers have stayed away from the flood plains.
The new houses, which cost more than �500,000, include mooring rights on the river.
They are propped up on 10ft steel stilts to make sure they are out of the reach if the river bursts its banks.
Martin Elliot, from Rees Elliot Property Developers, said: "What we have got is our living accommodation approximately 5ft above the previous flood level.
"You can actually see the tide marks on the fence.
"We have raised all the mains services clear of the previous flood level."
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