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Developer turned global fugitive leaves defective unit owners with an $18 million bill they can’t pay
The high-rise apartment building at 29 Hunter Street in Parramatta is clad in combustible materials. The owners of apartments inside a troubled high-rise in Western Sydney are on the brink of ruin, unable to cover an $18 million bill to replace the building’s highly flammable and potentially deadly cladding. […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding work approved for fined Ipswich Wolsey Street flats
The Ipaxis flats in Wolsey Street, Ipswich (Image: Newsquest.) An application for work at an Ipswich flats block where developers were previously fined for unsafe cladding has been approved. In July last year, Home from Home Property Management Ltd and company director Edward Ottley were fined £100,000 for what […] Click here to view original…
Read MorePlan to remove flammable cladding from flats
Image caption, Work will take place on Grand Union House if the application is approved Nick Clark Local Democracy Reporting Service Published15 December 2024 Flammable cladding and parts of balconies on a block of flats will be removed if a planning application is approved. Developers want to remove the […] Click here to view original…
Read More2025: The year for cladding compensation
Despite the government setting new targets to fix unsafe cladding by 2029, thousands of innocent leaseholders still remain trapped in unsafe buildings, one campaign group says. The Labour government last year promised change to speed up the cladding removal process. The Grenfell Phase two report published in 2024 found […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreDealing with unsafe cladding in 2025 and beyond: landlords’ responsibilities
Mark Elwell, managing director of Summit Environmental and an authority on asbestos, fire and legionella safety and risk management, outlines the critical responsibilities landlords face in 2025 and beyond. Grabbing the headlines and leaseholders’ energies in 2025 will be the enforcement of the Building Safety Act 2022 (The Act), […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNo penalties for UK firms that used deadly building material
Dedications and messages on a wall of condolences near to the covered remains of Grenfell Tower, on the day of the publication of the second report of the UK public inquiry into the deadly fire. (Reuters) Flames and smoke billow as firefighters deal with a fire in the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Read More‘We’re living in a ticking time bomb’
Multiple fire risks were identified at the property in a report Residents of one of the UK’s largest housing associations have said they fear another Grenfell-type blaze after multiple fire risks were identified at their block of flats and the sounders on their homes’ fire alarms were removed. Malcolm […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreAmanda Walker waged war on dangerous cladding. Then she was found dead
‘Anger is replacing grief’ says mum after daughter died fighting for cladding justice Walker family Amanda Walker, a woman with blonde hair and smiling, against a red backdrop Amanda Walker felt trapped in a flat she couldn’t sell because of its flammable cladding. When it turned out that no […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding, mould, £75,000 charges – welcome to life in a British leasehold flat
Mar House leaseholder Neal Dadia was sent a letter in 2023 that included service charge arrears totalling £75,000. Residents of a blighted London block have been trapped in their homes by a swirl of events, as government attempts to reform the law drag on For many of the residents […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreExclusive: The Ghosts of Grenfell – No penalties for UK firms that used deadly building material
Item 1 of 5 Flames and smoke billow as firefighters deal with a fire in the Grenfell Tower apartment block in West London, Britain, June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo [1/5] Flames and smoke billow as firefighters deal with a fire in the Grenfell Tower apartment block in West […] Click here to view original…
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