Plan 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 web…
2025: 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…
Dealing 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…
No 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…
‘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…
Amanda 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…
Cladding, 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…
Exclusive: 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…
Exclusive-The Ghosts of Grenfell: No penalties for UK firms that used deadly building material
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) – When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in 2017 led to revelations that high-rise public housing buildings across Britain were wrapped in flammable cladding, the government vowed the building contractors responsible would pay for their negligence. Seven years on, contractors who fitted cladding panels […] Click here to view original…
Cladding Compensation Conundrum: UK’s Housing Crisis Post-Grenfell
The aftermath of the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 exposed a widespread issue: many high-rise public housing buildings in the UK were fitted with flammable cladding. The tragedy, which resulted in 72 deaths, prompted the government to declare that building contractors responsible would be held financially accountable. However, […] Click here to view original…
No penalties for UK firms that used Grenfell building material
File picture A review of over 100 buildings in the UK has found that contractors who fitted cladding panels that didn’t meet fire-safety standards when installed have largely escaped financial liability. The findings come seven years after the Grenfell Tower blaze in London. When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze […] Click here to view original…
Ensuring building safety 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…