Posts Tagged ‘Birmingham’
Birmingham leaseholders facing first cladding bill
LEASEHOLDERS IN the Islington Gates development in central Birmingham still have to pay between £7,000 and £19,000 cladding removal bills, despite many losing jobs in the COVID-19 outbreak. Earlier this month , over 140 leaseholders in Islington Gates were given bills of up to £100,000 to be paid in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreLeaseholders face £19,000 cladding bills next month amid coronavirus crisis
Leaseholders living in a block in Birmingham, who are already facing financial hardship due to coronavirus, must pay up to £19,000 in just two weeks or risk being forced out of their homes. Islington Gates residents have been given bills of up to £19,000 (picture: Google Street View) Sharelines […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreLeaseholders ask for funding amid COVID-19 outbreak
A JOINT statement from cladding action groups made up of leaseholders from across the UK have called on the government to help fund interim safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inside Housing reported on the statement from the Birmingham Leasehold Action Group, the Leeds Cladding Scandal group, Manchester Cladiators […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFamilies facing homelessness or paying millions in Grenfell cladding scandal
St George’s Building in Leeds that has the same cladding as Grenfell tower. Heartbroken families are facing eviction or bankruptcy if they cannot cough up millions to pay for the removal of potentially lethal Grenfell-style cladding on their homes. Some 1,000 days after the June 2017 tragedy – which […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreLeaseholders of blocks with unsafe cladding hit by insurance premium hikes of almost 400%
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Read MoreJewellery Quarter flat owners slapped with bills up to £100,000 to replace flammable cladding
Leaseholders of Islington Gates have been told to replace the cladding which covers their building Residents of a Birmingham apartment block feel “trapped” after being slapped with bills for up to £100,000 to replace flammable cladding. More than 140 leaseholders at Islington Gates in the Jewellery Quarter have been […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding victims now being hit by insurance hikes, reports BBC R4 You and Yours
Birmingham’s Islington Gates is one of the cladding sites where leaseholders have been stung by a surge in insurance premiums this year By Harry Scoffin The cladding crisis has rippled through the insurance market, with leasehold tenants in dangerous apartment buildings “being hammered” by “inflated bills”, BBC Radio 4’s […] Click here to view original…
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