Bristol City Council to inspect all tower blocks under new fire safety regulations
The £1m investment in safety checks comes in the wake of the Twinnell House tragedy last month All 62 high-rise council house blocks in Bristol will be inspected for fire safety in the wake of the Twinnell House tragedy. The city council is investing up to £1million on the […]Click here to view original web…
RICS consults on valuation guidance for flat blocks caught in cladding crisis
The surveyors institute hopes new guidance will unlock mortgage lending where work is yet to be carried out The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is seeking views on new guidance for valuers of residential flats in multi-storey blocks with cladding. Lenders have since the Grenfell fire been reluctant to […] Click here to view original…
RICS opens consultation on draft guidance for valuing cladded properties
Group seeking to help leaseholders by encouraging consistentcy in valuation The RICS is seeking views on draft guidance drawn up to help lenders value blocks of flats with cladding in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire. Loss of confidence in the fire safety of such properties has severely […] Click here to view original…
Man falls to his death after climbing out of a window to escape tower block fire
A man is believed to have fallen to his death after climbing out of a window to escape a fire at a tower block in Bristol. Emergency services were called to the blaze on the top floor of Twinnell House on Wills Drive, off Stapleton Road, in Easton, shortly […] Click here to view original…
FCA sets out potential interventions to reform multi-occupancy buildings insurance market
THE FINANCIAL Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out a range of recommendations and other potential remedies designed to give leaseholders greater protections from high prices and ensure the buildings insurance market operates on a better footing for them. Since the Grenfell Tower tragedy of June 2017, leaseholders have been […] Click here to view original…
St Helens property boss sentenced for cladding form fraud
All firms were required to complete cladding safety forms introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire A property boss submitted fake building cladding safety forms in a “sustained fraud” to feed his gambling addiction, a judge has said. Thomas Clarke, of Rainhill, Merseyside, fraudulently filled in 55 forms which were […] Click here to view original…
Putney MP calls for urgent action to tackle building safety crisis
Putney MP Fleur Anderson has called for urgent action to address the borough’s building safety crisis as the number of properties impacted continues to increase. In an open letter, Anderson expressed frustration at the lack of progress in addressing the rise of unsafe buildings, with close to 30 defective […] Click here to view original…
Government releases guide on the application process for the Building Safety Fund
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has released a short guide on the Building Safety Fund (BSF) which provides funding to address life safety fire risks associated with cladding in high-rise buildings (those over 18m) in England. The guide is mainly for leaseholders and residents to help […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders face total of £250,000 insurance bill to avoid risk of eviction
Residents in Greater Manchester have been told to pay an upfront insurance bill of £250,000, after fire safety defects were found. According to an Inside Housing report from 14 September 2002, 52 leaseholders in Compass Point in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, face eviction from their homes unless they each pay […] Click here to view original…
St Helens property boss sentenced for cladding form fraud
All firms were required to complete cladding safety forms introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire A property boss submitted fake building cladding safety forms in a “sustained fraud” to feed his gambling addiction, a judge has said. Thomas Clarke, of Rainhill, Merseyside, fraudulently filled in 55 forms which were […] Click here to view original…
St Helens property boss sentenced for cladding form fraud
All firms were required to complete cladding safety forms introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire A property boss submitted fake building cladding safety forms in a “sustained fraud” to feed his gambling addiction, a judge has said. Thomas Clarke, of Rainhill, Merseyside, fraudulently filled in 55 forms which were […] Click here to view original…
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A gambling addict pretended to be his ex-colleague to earn thousands signing off fraudulent building cladding forms. Thomas Clarke tried to certify dozens of EWS1 forms meant to show lenders that the cladding on high rise buildings met appropriate standards. The forms were part of measures brought in to […] Click here to view original…