FED-up residents claim a raised road has caused them a costly sum in car repairs.

The neighbours from Warndon Villages say the underside of their vehicles are being hit by the stretch of road because it is too high.

They want the developers of the road to lower the block-paved surface, which slopes up into a high bump just before Bamburgh Crescent.

But developers Persimmon Homes say the road has been tested and does not need further work.

Skenfrith Place is shared between 10 terraced houses and is around 30 yards long.

Samantha Harvey, who has lived there for two years, said she had to change her car last July because of the road.

"The exhaust used to drag over the bump," she said.

"I ended up having to buy a new car."

Mrs Harvey, aged 23, claimed developers Beazer, who built the road, came out to tarmac part of it, but did nothing to lower the raised slope.

"My car was damaged because of two years of going over the bump," she said.

Tony Willmore, a 61-year-old grandfather who has lived in the road for five years, said he recently had a new exhaust fitted on his car.

"I feel sick every time I go over this bump and I can feel it scraping the exhaust," he said.

"My son-in-law had a BMW and he broke his catalytic converter going over it."

Residents David and Liana Heath, who have two young children, said the road also helped to damage their car's exhaust.

"I had my dad's car, but after four months he had to buy a new exhaust," said 21-year-old Mrs Heath.

"I am not saying the exhaust went completely because of the road but it certainly didn't help," she added.

Persimmon Homes, which has taken over Beazer, said the developers worked upon the road to lessen its height last summer.

"In October this year, after further contact with residents, an engineer from Persimmon Homes tested the area and was satisfied that no further work was needed," said Tim Brickley, technical director of Persimmon Homes, West Midlands.