‘Your neighbourhood is my neighbourhood’
I am Beryl Eileen Means, your Labour Party candidate in the Hotwells & Harbourside by-election being held on Thursday, February 2. I am known as Eileen Means. A brief introduction as I want to move on to the key issues for Hotwells & Harbourside residents: I have lived in […]Click here to view original web…
Full list of banks changing mortgage rules in days – and hundreds of thousands of homeowners could benefit
HUNDREDS of thousands will see a change to their mortgage rules depending on the bank in the coming days. At least five major banks have backed a new mortgage change that will hit on January 9, according to UK Finance. A list of banks will be changing their mortgage […] Click here to view original…
RICS issues new valuation guidance for buildings with cladding
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has issued new guidance for the valuation of buildings with cladding to provide “clarity and confidence” to the market. RICS valuers are expected to work according to the new advice with immediate effect, with the framework intended to “support lending and boost […] Click here to view original…
Consultation begins on way to pay for dangerous cladding removal
previous next The government has launched a consultation on the proposed Building Safety Levy, which will pay for the removal of dangerous cladding on blocks of flats. The levy is being introduced in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy . Thousands of leaseholders have been stuck, unable to […] Click here to view original…
Mortgage applications for flats with dangerous cladding to be considered, banks announce
A number of major UK banks will start considering mortgage applications for flats with dangerous cladding. Banks had previously not considered applications for flats with cladding issues following the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 which resulted in the deaths of 72 people. Barclays, Nationwide, NatWest, HSBC, and Santander have […] Click here to view original…
Michael Gove’s cladding plans stall as developers refuse new terms
Attempts to remove all dangerous cladding from buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster have stalled after developers refused to accept Michael Gove’s terms for carrying out the work. Housebuilders were given until December 9 to sign up to a scheme that would have ensured all Grenfell-style […] Click here to view original…
‘We’re trapped’: Britons in homes with unsafe cladding see no way out as living costs soar
London CNN — In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building in a town north of London, where a train could get […] Click here to view original…
‘We’re trapped’: Britons in homes with unsafe cladding see no way out as living costs soar
London CNN — In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building in a town north of London, where a train could get […] Click here to view original…
Michael Gove’s cladding plans stall as developers refuse new terms
Attempts to remove all dangerous cladding from buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster have stalled after developers refused to accept Michael Gove’s terms for carrying out the work. Housebuilders were given until December 9 to sign up to a scheme that would have ensured all Grenfell-style […] Click here to view original…
Bexhill residents face crippling bills to remove ‘fire risk’ cladding
People living in the Landmark building on the seafront said they are also still waiting for the work to remove the cladding to be carried out. The Observer reported in early 2021 how residents in the building, which contains 66 flats, said they were ‘living in fear’ after surveyors […] Click here to view original…
Letter to Editor: Harlow Green Party members express concerns over investments and plans affecting town
A LETTER from Harlow Green Party members Yasmin Gregory and Jamie Gilbert. “I think we all need to be mindful of the ability of the council to create distractions. It was very difficult to find actual facts of why Occasio House was left empty. If one of the reasons […] Click here to view original…
‘We’re trapped’: Britons in homes with unsafe cladding see no way out as living costs soar
London CNN — In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building in a town north of London, where a train could get […] Click here to view original…