LES CÈDRES, QUE. – When Kelly Turpin and her husband, Eric Pelletier, moved into their new home back in Decemeber 2011, they had no idea that more than four years later, their street would still be unfinished.
“There was my house and one last house to be built and they said when that last house would be built, that’s when the street would be done,” Turpin said. “I moved here December 2011 and the house in front of mine was built in June 2012 – so since June 2012 we’ve been expecting a street.”
But that isn’t what they got.
The couple’s newly built home still sits at the end of an unpaved road, in a bed of rocks, dirt, mud, and puddles.
“It’s unbelievable,” Turpin said. “I pay taxes, and on my taxes I pay infrastructure and where is my infrastructure?”
The couple said over the years, they’ve called the city numerous times, but according to them, they could never get a straight answer.
Global News reached out to the municipality of Les Cèdres for comment but no one was available.
Either way, Turpin and her husband say, they’re tired of waiting, so last October they put their home up for sale.
“My house is for sale because I’ve had enough,” she said. “Yes, I moved here for peace and quiet but if I wanted to live on a farm where it was muddy and wanted to get dirty – I would have lived on a farm.”
Both Turpin and her husband said although it’s frustrating for them, the unfinished road is also affecting their children.
“You wanna show your kids how to ride a bicycle – you cant really do that here, you have to go elsewhere,” Pelletier said. “It’s the problem for my three kids but its also a problem for the 30 other kids on the street.”
Although the couple admits it’ll be hard for to sell the family home now, they’re anxious for a fresh start.