the cladding crisis
Families say they are trapped living in tiny, “pocket-sized” flats because their developer is not paying to fix fire safety issues with their building brought to light as a result of the cladding crisis . Defects including dangerous cladding, poorly installed fire doors, and missing fire barriers have been […]Click here to view original web…
Wirral businessman to tackle cladding crisis following Grenfell Tower tragedy
Intelligent FS co-founders Rob Williams (right) and Adam Gallagher (left) A BUSINESSMAN from Wirral was handed a £31million government contract to tackle the UK cladding crisis following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017. Rob Williams and Adam Gallagher founded Intelligent FS in 2015, a firm which employs a boutique […] Click here to view original…
London Property Prices London Homes in Financial Districts Saw Double-Digit Price Drops
London’s two major financial districts saw double-digit home price declines even before rising rates threatened to slam the brakes on the property market. House prices in the City of London slumped 17% in the 12 months through June, the biggest of any London borough in the period, according to […] Click here to view original…
Stevenage tower block’s residents have been slapped with £200,000 cladding bills whilst the owner faces
A Stevenage tower block’s residents have been slapped with £200,000 cladding bills whilst the owner faces court action. Following the well-known Grenfell tower fire, checks at Stevenage ‘s 14-storey tall Vista Tower found combustible cladding and flammable insulation, which has led to huge repairs being needed to increase safety […] Click here to view original…
Developers to fix unsafe cladding in tall buildings across Wales
Unsafe cladding will be replaced under the deal Ten developers have agreed to fix fire safety failings in all tall buildings they have worked on in Wales, the Welsh government has announced. The “Developers Pact” applies to buildings over 11 metres (36 ft), around four to six storeys high. […] Click here to view original…
Stevenage tower block’s residents have been slapped with £200,000 cladding bills whilst the owner faces
A Stevenage tower block’s residents have been slapped with £200,000 cladding bills whilst the owner faces court action. Following the well-known Grenfell tower fire, checks at Stevenage ‘s 14-storey tall Vista Tower found combustible cladding and flammable insulation, which has led to huge repairs being needed to increase safety […] Click here to view original…
Tower block owner faces court action as residents hit with £200,000 cladding bills
The Vista Tower in Stevenage The owner of firetrap flats where residents were hit with £200,000 cladding bills faces official action . Checks after the Grenfell disaster found combustible cladding and flammable insulation at the 14-storey Vista Tower in Stevenage, Herts. Residents in its 73 flats received service charge […] Click here to view original…
Government takes first legal action on cladding – “Enough is enough!”
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has taken the first step in legal action against Grey GR, an organisation ultimately owned by RailPen , as the cladding scandal continues. Grey GR Limited Partnership, the freeholder of Vista Tower , a 15-storey tower block in Stevenage, has […] Click here to view original…
Tower block owner faces court action as residents hit with £200,000 cladding bills
The Vista Tower in Stevenage The owner of firetrap flats where residents were hit with £200,000 cladding bills faces official action . Checks after the Grenfell disaster found combustible cladding and flammable insulation at the 14-storey Vista Tower in Stevenage, Herts. Residents in its 73 flats received service charge […] Click here to view original…
We live in firetrap tower block & were hit with £200k service charge despite owner not making repairs – it’s outrageous
RESIDENTS in a firetrap tower block were hit with a £200,000 service charge despite the owner failing to make repairs. Flat owners and tenants complained that they should not be made to pay extra just for their 14-storey building to be safe. Vista Tower, where residents were hit with […] Click here to view original…
Cladding bill prisoners could finally be released
Sophie Bichener faced the highest building-safety bill in Britain For the past three years, Sophie Bichener, 30, has been living with what she describes as a “noose around my neck”. The marketing manager moved into her first home in Hertfordshire shortly before the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, […] Click here to view original…
Prescot man sentenced following large-scale building cladding fraud investigation
A Prescot man has been sentenced for 15-months, suspended for two years, following a large-scale investigation into fraudulently signed building cladding safety forms. Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing and was sentenced today (Wednesday 28 September) at Liverpool Crown Court. Clarke was also given a […] Click here to view original…