She said the group could now plan for a “safe and flood free future”.
Some of the residents were born in the street, with generations brought up there, like Thomas’s family, whose children and grandchildren also live on Clydach Terrace.
There had been difficulties for some residents finding alternative housing in the area, he said, with house prices higher than the £150,000 he had received for his home.
He also had to spend £50,000 putting his house right after Storm Dennis in 2020, the first time the street was flooded.