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 web…
Williams accuses Greens of ‘resorting to desperate smear attack’
The Green Party’s one MP, Caroline Lucas, is due to visit Bristol on Thursday to support Patrick McAllister in the Hotwells & Harbourside by-election. It comes as the Lib Dem candidate for the ward, Stephen Williams, has accused the Greens of a smear campaign and employing “desperate tactics” as […] Click here to view original…
Wates questioned sprinkler omission before being taken off high-rise remediation job
Chalcots Estate in Camden. PICTURE: Julian Osley, Geograph Wates questioned the scope of post-Grenfell safety remediation work on Camden Council’s Chalcots Estate before the firm was removed from the job, Construction News can reveal. Documents disclosed to CN show that more than a year before the contractor was taken […] Click here to view original…
£8.8m cladding work begins at Ladywood tower block where first-time buyer ‘faced bankruptcy’
Jupiter Apartments in Ryland Street, Ladywood Cladding safety work is set to begin at a city apartment block where a first-time buyer reported being close to bankruptcy. Contractor Willmott Dixon is set to carry out an £8.8m project at Ladywood’s Jupiter Apartments . In 2021, mum Jessica Jairath told […] Click here to view original…
£8.8m cladding work begins at Ladywood tower block where first-time buyer ‘faced bankruptcy’
Cladding safety work is set to begin at a city apartment block where a first-time buyer reported being close to bankruptcy. Contractor Willmott Dixon is set to carry out an £8.8m project at Ladywood’s Jupiter Apartments . In 2021, mum Jessica Jairath told how she was “living on the […] Click here to view original…
£8.8m cladding work begins at Ladywood tower block where first-time buyer ‘faced bankruptcy’
Cladding safety work is set to begin at a city apartment block where a first-time buyer reported being close to bankruptcy. Contractor Willmott Dixon is set to carry out an £8.8m project at Ladywood’s Jupiter Apartments . In 2021, mum Jessica Jairath told how she was “living on the […] Click here to view original…
Council housing tenants hit with seven percent rent rise in Camden
Cllr Meric Apak. Photo: Camden Council. Rents for thousands of council tenants in Camden are set to go up by seven per cent, after senior councillors approved the housing budget at a meeting this month. Camden Council will put the rents up in April to help boost the income […] Click here to view original…
How can we fix the UK’s cladding crisis?
Over the past few years the rules and regulations put in place to keep homeowners in cladded buildings safe have had unintended consequences. Leaseholders have faced issues ranging from being unable to sell or remortgage their homes, through to facing massive bills to employ round the clock fire wardens. […] Click here to view original…
Positive step forward for those caught up in cladding crisis
The start of the year has brought some welcome news for those living in flats blighted by the cladding scandal. Six of the major lenders: Barclays, NatWest, Lloyds, Santander, HSBC and Nationwide, all agreed that from January 9th, they would once again lend on such properties – subject to […] Click here to view original…
New High Rise building team created
A new high rise buildings team will be embarking on a programme of inspections this Spring as part of a pro-active approach to improve safety and reduce risk in high rise properties. The Council has been working with Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service to create the team […] Click here to view original…
Slough Council ‘will recoup’ costs to remove Grenfell-like cladding
Nova House in Buckingham Garden, Slough AN END to the long-running legal dispute to claw back costs for removing dangerous Grenfell-esque cladding on an apartment block is on the horizon. Slough Borough Council is set to recover “very significant,” if not all, of the costs to make the seven-storey […] Click here to view original…
Woman ‘trapped’ in flat with same fire-risk cladding as Grenfell Tower forced to pay up to £30,000 for removal
Lisa Petty told NationalWorld she couldn’t “begin to explain the fear of living in a building with a fire risk, especially after Grenfell”. A flat owner is anxiously awaiting a cladding removal bill of up to £30,000 after a safety report concluded her home had a huge fire risk. […] Click here to view original…