Cladding crisis: ‘My cladding bill is worth more than my flat,’ says health professional
Rachael Loftus is facing a cladding bill for her flat that is worth more than the property itself. Rachael Loftus bought her flat in Leeds for £89,000. But, earlier this week she received a personal bill of more than £117,000 to fix the myriad of her block’s building safety […]Click here to view original web…
MPs give Ballymore two weeks to fix issues dogging New Providence Wharf repairs
Boss promises MPs he will address alleged concerns by middle of this month The boss of Anglo-Irish housebuilder Ballymore has told MPs he will fix problems suffered by residents of its 1,535-home New Providence Wharf scheme due to the ongoing fire-safety remediation works at the buildings. Giving evidence to […] Click here to view original…
Cladding victim sees block’s buildings insurance rise above £500k
A landlord faces financial ruin due to having to pay her share of building insurance costs that have soared from £34,000 to more than £500,000 a year amid the cladding scandal. Grandmother Julie Fraser, 59, bought the investment property – a two-bedroom flat in Cheshire – in 2016 with […] Click here to view original…
Design liability could be wider than you think
A recent case suggests the courts intend to give maximum leeway for developers seeking to put right construction defects by ensuring they can recover damages from the culpable design professionals, writes Kate Onions The Technology and Construction Court has determined a set of preliminary issues in BDW Trading vs […] Click here to view original…
Buy-to-let landlords facing cladding bills ‘makes no sense’, ministers warned
Contractors undertake works at a residential property in Paddington, London, as part of a project to remove and replace non-compliant cladding. Landlords have warned the Government that getting buy-to-let landlords to pay for cladding removal “makes no sense”. Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), […] Click here to view original…
Ministers urged to go further to help leaseholders with cladding costs
Ministers have been urged to go further in helping flat owners remove dangerous cladding after plans emerged to pressure developers to cover works costing up to £4 billion. In an apparent climbdown, Housing Secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce that leaseholders in buildings between 11 and 18 metres […] Click here to view original…
Ballymore told to fix New Providence Wharf remediation issues
Boss promises MPs he will address alleged poor communication and low temperatures within two weeks The boss of Anglo-Irish housebuilder Ballymore has told MPs he will fix problems suffered by residents of its 1,535-home New Providence Wharf scheme due to the ongoing fire-safety remediation works at the buildings. Giving […] Click here to view original…
Wollongong Private Hospital issued fire safety order over combustible panels
A NSW hospital that was fitted with the same type of combustible material that caused the Grenfell Tower tragedy in the UK has been ordered by inspectors to take action. Wollongong Private Hospital was slapped with a fire safety order three days before Christmas after government inspectors made the […] Click here to view original…
Ministers urged to go further to help leaseholders with cladding costs
Ministers have been urged to go further in helping flat owners remove dangerous cladding after plans emerged to pressure developers to cover works costing up to £4 billion. In an apparent climbdown, Housing Secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce that leaseholders in buildings between 11 and 18 metres […] Click here to view original…
Cladding victim sees block’s buildings insurance rise above £500k
A landlord faces financial ruin due to having to pay her share of building insurance costs that have soared from £34,000 to more than £500,000 a year amid the cladding scandal. Grandmother Julie Fraser, 59, bought the investment property – a two-bedroom flat in Cheshire – in 2016 with […] Click here to view original…
Dozens of buildings still have Grenfell-style cladding, new figures show
Contractors undertake works at a residential property in Paddington to remove unsafe cladding Dozens of buildings in the UK still have the same type of cladding as Grenfell Tower almost five years after the disaster, new Government figures showed. Authorities have identified 481 buildings with ACM panels, which were […] Click here to view original…
Wollongong Private Hospital issued fire safety order over combustible panels
A NSW hospital that was fitted with the same type of combustible material that caused the Grenfell Tower tragedy in the UK has been ordered by inspectors to take action. Wollongong Private Hospital was slapped with a fire safety order three days before Christmas after government inspectors made the […] Click here to view original…