PROPERTY: BBC highlights plight of Britons who invested in Cyprus homes on shaky ground

British families whose homes have been torn apart in the Limassol village of Pissouri feel abandoned by the Cyprus government without a roof over their heads, according to the BBC.

 Peter and Kayt Field from Newbury and Herefordshire, Jeremy and Katherine Yeomans from Surrey, and Mick and Louise Ellis from Buckinghamshire have spoken about their frustration and the devastation that's been caused. And how their life savings are now a pile of rubble.

A geologist believes the houses have been built on an active landslide and the buyers say they were not aware of the risk.

Governments are responsible for compensating for natural disasters, however the Cypriot authorities have been investigating for six years but yet agree that a landslide is to blame, so there have been no pay-outs.

Compensation can only be paid if a landslide is confirmed as the cause of the destruction.

READ the BBC story here www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-berkshire-45576741/cyprus-houses-torn-apart-by-what-s-thought-to-be-a-landslide