A flat owner has given a cautious welcome to the Welsh government’s new scheme to tackle fire safety defects in medium and high-rise residential buildings after the Grenfell tragedy. Fire Safety FD&A Other Fire and Rescue Equipment Business Support Fire Risk Assessment Interest – free loans will be offered […]Click here to view original web…

While some developers have now committed to housing secretary Michael Gove’s contract to pay for unsafe building repairs, it’s critically only one piece of the puzzle. The government has placed all of its eggs in the basket of getting developers to stump up funding and, if that fails, to […] Click here to view original…

Firms exposed by Michael Gove for failing to sign a contract to repair post-Grenfell safety risks have joined the scheme. The housing secretary gave companies until 13 March to sign the agreement aimed at addressing cladding issues exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire. Mr Gove named the 11 firms […] Click here to view original…

You will recall that at the end of last year Michael Gove stated that he was intending to help those home owners who were trapped by the cladding scandal. Fast forward and we have the Building Safety Act 2022 which seeks to allocate responsibility for dealing with remedial works […] Click here to view original…

First time the property tribunal rules in favour of leaseholders under the Building Safety Act Arjun Batish, 32, a leaseholder with no legal experience has won a leaseholder revolt against developer and freeholder Inspired Sutton to pay back almost £200,000 that was wrongly demanded to pay to remove cladding […] Click here to view original…

Nova House A CASH-STRAPPED council is bracing itself to potentially stump up another £5m to complete cladding works at a ‘hazardous’ apartment block as costs spiral to nearly £30m. Slough Borough Council bought the owner of renovated office block Nova House in Slough, Ground Rent Estates 5 Limited, in […] Click here to view original…

Housing secretary Michael Gove has warned US-based cladding supplier Arconic that it can expect “commercial consequences” if it does not commit to contributing to the costs of remediating unsafe buildings. The firm manufactured and sold the flammable cladding that was used on Grenfell Tower. But Gove has said on […] Click here to view original…

In another strongly-word letter to US-based supplier of aluminium cladding Arconic, he has called on the manufacturer to set out plans to pay for remediation works on unsafe buildings. Yesterday the Enquirer revealled he has also written to insulation manufacturer Kingspan whose K15 insulation was used on Grenfell Tower. […] Click here to view original…

Housing secretary fires off letter to another products firm involved in 2017 tragedy Michael Gove has turned his guns on products firm Arconic as he continues to ramp up the pressure on manufacturers to put their hands in their pockets and help pay for cladding remediation work in the […] Click here to view original…

The UK government has called for a meeting with Kingspan, the manufacturer of combustible insulation used on Grenfell Tower, to discuss cladding compensation In 2017, 72 people died due to a fire that broke out in Grenfell Tower due to its flammable cladding and insulation . The events at […] Click here to view original…

Housing secretary wants to hear from material firm’s chief executive before Easter Housing secretary Michael Gove has written to Kingspan asking it to meet him before Easter to discuss how much money the products firm would be prepared to fork out to pay for fire safety remediation. The five […] Click here to view original…

Housing secretary wants to hear from material firm’s chief executive before Easter Housing secretary Michael Gove has written to Kingspan asking it to meet him before Easter to discuss how much money the products firm would be prepared to fork out to pay for fire safety remediation. The five […] Click here to view original…