Social media users have today mocked the yellow foam piping installed around the balcony railings of a block of seaside flats, comparing the sight to ‘yellow vomit’.

It comes after a furious row broke out last year over the £1.8million block of flats which overlooks the shoreline in Folkestone, Kent.

Residents complained of a ‘high-pitched’ banshee-like noise that was keeping them ‘awake all night’ and driving them ‘insane’.

The development is led by multi-millionaire Saga heir Sir Roger De Haan and the flats are still under construction.

Video footage shared with MailOnline shows the flats are still making a high-pitched sound some three months on. 

And people have taken to social media to share their dislike of the yellow coverings around the railings. 

One person said: ‘Yeah…let’s choose bright vomit yellow. Yikes! I would be fuming!’

Another wrote: ‘Why didn’t they use the grey insulating tubes which wouldn’t have been so obvious?’

Another said: ‘They could of used grey insulation. Wouldn’t of looked so bad.’

‘Fluorescent yellow?’ said another.

Developers say the noise issue should be resolved when permanent handrails are installed on the balconies that remain unfinished. A date for this has not yet been confirmed. 

Yellow piping first started appearing over the balconies of the flats last month, sparking speculation that contractors were trying to fix the issue, according to Kent Online.

But Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company (FHSDC), which is behind the development, confirmed that was not the case, saying they were a ‘temporary’ addition as construction work continues.

Yellow coverings appeared over the balconies of the flats last month, sparking speculation that contractors were trying to fix the issue

But Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company (FHSDC) confirmed they were actually a ‘temporary’ addition as construction work continues

Locals have complained the block of flats is emitting a high-pitched noise that is keeping Folkestone residents awake at night

It was reported in Kent Online that the noise appears to come from wind hitting the tower block and residents say they can hear it from ’50-60ft away’.

A spokesman on behalf of developer Shoreline Crescent told Mail Online today: ‘Any noise generated is only temporary during the construction process. The issue will be resolved when permanent handrails are installed on the balconies that remain unfinished.’

Apartments in the new building start at prices of £430,000, with penthouses in the block costing up to £1.8million each – making them by far the most expensive properties in the town. 

The project is set to see 1,000 properties built on Folkestone’s seafront, after De Haan bought the town’s harbour for £11million in 2004. 

The block is part of a major development containing a planned 1,000 homes being led by the heir to the Saga fortune, Sir Roger De Haan

Penthouse flats in Shoreline Crescent on Folkestone’s shoreline cost up to £1.8million each

The plans have seen the 73-year-old businessman set aside £3million to go towards schools in Folkestone, and an additional £1.2million for a new local GP surgery. 

Saga which sells package holidays, insurance products, and financial services to the over-50s, was initially founded by Sir Roger’s father, Sidney De Haan, in Folkestone in 1951. 

The businessman previously told Kent Live, he is not trying to ‘gentrify’ Folkestone – despite admitting the new flats ‘are going to be fairly pricey’.