Kennoway residents have demanded action from Fife Council over rising flood water at the back of their homes.
A field behind Seton Terrace in the village has been left looking more like a lake after weeks of heavy rain and snow and now families are worried the deluge could reach their properties.
Fife Council said recent blizzards and freezing conditions had hampered attempts to investigate the problem but housing services would tackle it when the weather improved.
Resident Mark Taylor, 35, said the garden of his council house had been flooded repeatedly over the past two months.
The latest bout of bad weather left about a third of his lawn submerged, while a neighbour had to empty her shed after it flooded.
She has now resorted to propping up her possessions on plastic tubs to try to keep them dry.
“About five or six gardens have been flooded,” said Mr Taylor, who has lived in the village since he was a boy.
“Behind my house there’s a flood. When I was a kid, it was just a wee puddle, which never used to get any worse than 30ft long.
“Now it’s got to the point that it’s like a lake.”
He added: “It’s getting to the point where we’re starting to wonder if the houses are at risk of subsiding.
“A neighbour noticed cracks in the walls.
“The field can’t hold the water anymore and it’s creeping up to the houses. This is going to happen every year now because it’s getting worse.
“If the council don’t do anything about it, I don’t feel I should be paying the full rent.”
Alistair Black, Fife Council’s Levenmouth housing manager, insisted the authority was aware of the situation and was planning to act soon.
“We were hoping to have started investigating possible solutions to this, however, these have been hampered due to the extended spell of bad weather and the need for specialist drainage advice,” he said.
“As soon as the weather improves our team will be looking into this.”
