Housebuilders to meet Hunt for talks as industry tax bill soars
The bosses of Britain’s biggest housebuilders will hold talks with the chancellor this week as they face a multibillion-pound bill in the form of several new levies. Sky News has learnt that the executives from companies including Barratt Developments, Fairview and Persimmon will meet Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday. The […]Click here to view original web…
UK Cladding and fire safety case update – “everyone else was doing it” is no defence
[co-author: Lucy Redman and Megan Stewart] The Technology and Construction Court has delivered a series of High Court judgments (in Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd; and LDC (Portfolio One) Ltd v George Downing Construction Ltd and European Sheeting Ltd) in favour of building owners allowing them […] Click here to view original…
Firm questions ‘appropriateness’ of signing cladding contract
Developer Robertson Homes has said it is considering if it is “appropriate” for it to sign the government’s new post-Grenfell remediation contract as it has not built any tall blocks in the last 30 years. The Stirling-based firm was one of 49 firms to sign the government’s initial developers’ […] Click here to view original…
The Guardian view on the cladding scandal: tough talk must be matched with substance
Michael Gove’s admission of failures is welcome, but leaseholders need certainty they won’t be on the hook for any fire defects ‘Michael Gove’s admission that lax regulations were partly to blame for Grenfell was a welcome shift in tone.’ For those who bought flats in tower blocks built with […] Click here to view original…
South London families forced to pay £23k due to fears flat cladding is dangerous
Residents of Dane House in Sydenham face insurance bills of £1k per year due to fire safety fears over cladding on the building South London families are having to fork out £1,000 per year on insurance for their homes because of fears cladding on their apartment block is dangerous. […] Click here to view original…
Flammable cladding found at nine-storey luxury apartment block
A nine-storey block of luxury apartments overlooking Castle Park will have to be stripped back and all its insulation and brickwork replaced because surveys have found flammable cladding was used when it was built. Castle Wharf is in a prominent position on the corner of Finzel’s Reach and part […] Click here to view original…
The Guardian view on the cladding scandal: tough talk must be matched with substance
Michael Gove’s admission of failures is welcome, but leaseholders need certainty they won’t be on the hook for any fire defects ‘Michael Gove’s admission that lax regulations were partly to blame for Grenfell was a welcome shift in tone.’ For those who bought flats in tower blocks built with […] Click here to view original…
LDC versus George Downing and European Sheeting Ltd
1 hour The cladding defects claims continue. Report by Natalie Cane and Zeba Khan from the Construction & Engineering Team at law firm Irwin Mitchell. The Technology & Construction Court On 23rd December 2022, the Technology & Construction Court (TCC) released its most recent judgment in relation to cladding […] Click here to view original…
Government homes in on £5bn cladding settlement with housebuilders
Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove leaving Downing Street Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, is closing in on a multibillion pound deal with Britain’s biggest housebuilders to help resolve the national cladding crisis exposed by the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster. Sky News has learnt that […] Click here to view original…
Why it could be easier to get a mortgage on a flat with cladding issues
Owners of flats in high-rise buildings that have unsafe cladding may be able to more easily sell or remortgage their homes, thanks to a shift in lending policy at six major banks. Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Santander have each committed to consider mortgage applications on […] Click here to view original…
Slough property chief admits Grenfell-style cladding investment ‘not the wisest’
Nova House in Slough had major issues with its fire cladding Money invested into making a Berkshire building safe following concerns over the use of Grenfell-style cladding is set to be recovered. is set to claw back the majority, if not all of the costs, a meeting has heard […] Click here to view original…
UK Gives Homebuilders Six Weeks to Pledge Payment for Cladding
The remains of Grenfell Tower beyond residential housing. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg Builders in the UK will have six weeks to sign a government contract committing them to pay for upgrades of cladding in houses and apartment blocks, cabinet minister Michael Gove said. Hundreds of thousands of people in the […] Click here to view original…