RESIDENTS who claim their dream homes are being hit by violent shaking are being called to a public meeting.

RESIDENTS who claim their dream homes are being hit by violent shaking are being called to a public meeting.

Householders in, Penilee, Glasgow, will be able to make their voices heard at the event, which has been set up after many raised concerns that their homes are subject to violent tremours.

Some blame buses thudding over speed bumps outside, others blame poor construction.

But they all say council bosses and Bellway, the house builder, have failed to resolve the problems in Craigmuir Place.

The story was highlighted in February by the Evening Times, but since then the problems have escalated.

Elizabeth Laughland, 29, and daughter Shaelyn, 3, moved into their £176,000 home in February 2008.

Elizabeth says, within months, violent tremors were making life a misery.

She said: "We can't sleep. The house shakes from early in the morning when the first buses go past, right through until late at night. I can't go to bed.

"I had a plasma screen TV on the wall but I had to take it down because it was coming off the wall.

"It's become a home from hell."

Elizabeth blames buses hitting speed bumps for the problems.

But neighbour Keith Duncan, a tiler, blames the way his £165,000 home was built.

He and partner Leeann Stewart live in what was the estate's showhome, but now they wish they had never bought it.

Mr Duncan, 30, said: "It's the foundations. You can feel the house shaking, right through the building. It's nothing to do with speed bumps."

Elizabeth estimates about 75 of the 200 houses on the estate are affected.

Councillor Alistair Watson is organising a public meeting - the date has not been fixed - to discuss the findings of a council investigation into the problem.

Mr Watson says that once the full facts are known, the matter may have to be referred to the Scottish Building Federation to check the houses were built properly.

A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: "We have carried out vibration surveys in six properties and, again, found no sign of sufficient movement to cause even cosmetic damage.

"However, we are prepared to review the local traffic calming measures to establish if any changes can be made to assist householders."

A Bellway spokesman said: "There is nothing structurally unsound in the properties.

"The installation of traffic calming measures was a requirement of the planning consent.

"Depending on the outcome of the council tests, Bellway has volunteered to remove the speed bumps at its own cost."