Lily Wolfs has had her house since the 1960s, and has lived there permanently for the past 14 years.
She said she had not suffered any major problems, but that she had concerns because of what had happened to neighbours.
She said: "We have had some heavy storms, and some of the houses have had water come in the front and run out the back.
"You never know when it can happen. If there are very, very high seas and bad easterly winds, that's when you can have the water coming over."
As well as extending the sea wall, new floodgates are also being installed.
Hallsands' ruins
Local councillor John Baverstock said he was attaching a lot of importance to the project but that he was not worried about the delay.
He said the village was grateful that the money was being invested in any scheme that prevented a fate similar to that of neighbouring Hallsands.
The fishing village crumbled into the sea in 1917, leaving its residents homeless.
John Baverstock said: "If you just go slightly along the coast and see the ruins of Hallsands; it was very, very lucky when they were hit by a storm that there wasn't any loss of life.
"It was more by luck than judgement."
The Environment Agency said every effort was made by contractors to finish the work by Christmas, but that the work was originally scheduled to last up to 19 weeks from the end of September.
