First suicide linked to cladding scandal
Tom Mansell, 37, faced a bill of about £50,000 An entrepreneur has been named as the first person to have killed himself over the cladding scandal. Tom Mansell, 37, took his own life amid concerns over six-figure remediation costs and rising insurance premiums for four flats he let out […]Click here to view original web…
Interest-free loans available for eligible cladding removal
Combustible external building cladding can be replaced under the scheme. Flammable cladding will be stripped from Central Coast apartment buildings under the State Government’s Project Remediate. Though the NSW opposition wants more action to help affected apartment owners. A breakdown of buildings to be remediated has not been released […] Click here to view original…
Just live with it? Owners Corporation responds to combustible cladding find
The ACT Government is providing financial support to rectify the presence of combustible cladding. Photo: ACT Government. Residents of one Canberra apartment building are concerned that after combustible cladding was found on their building, the onus is being placed on them to ensure their own safety. The Owners Corporation […] Click here to view original…
Troops still living in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding
Seven hundred and fifty-five MOD-run properties are either fully or partially covered in combustible cladding, including 27 high rises buildings. Concerns have been raised that forces personnel are still being housed in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding more than four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Ministry of […] Click here to view original…
UK Government’s Interest and Involvement in Cladding Removal
ESW1 process Cladding Removal If you are caught up in the ESW1 process, here is what you should know about the UK government’s involvement. Ever since disaster struck at Grenfell Tower in 2017, the UK government has become aware of breaches/gaps in fire safety regulation of construction materials. Resulting […] Click here to view original…
Cladding fix overlooked by watchdog
Sir Charlie Bean, a member of the budget responsibility committee, said UK economic forecasts had not factored in the cost of replacing dangerous cladding from buildings Ministers have been accused of failing to get a grip on the impact of the cladding crisis after it emerged that the fiscal […] Click here to view original…
Top housebuilders to pay £205m a year into cladding levy
Big developers will have to pay out of their pocket to help fund taxpayers who face cladding bills A recent study by Sirius Property Financ e reveals that the country’s biggest construction companies could pay more than £200m a year into the government’s new cladding tax. The Government has […] Click here to view original…
Flat owner who tweeted about £101,000 cladding bill is trolled by government worker
Emilie Boswell, 26, is campaigning against the terms of the Fire Safety Bill A first-time buyer who has been hit with a £101,000 bill to repair cladding on her flat says she was trolled by a government worker after voicing her concerns on social media. Emily Boswell, 26, was […] Click here to view original…
Petition launched for full and independent enquiry into cladding and fire safety scandal affecting Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes councillors are promoting a petition calling for a full and independent enquiry to be held into the cladding and fire safety scandal that is affecting thousands of local people. The Labour and Lib Dem Progressive Alliance has slammed the government’s pledge to allocate £5bn to remove unsafe […] Click here to view original…
Govt reserves for cladding removal ‘nowhere near’ enough
UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS Chancellor Rishi Sunak laying out his Budget in Parliament Experts have accused UK chancellor Rishi Sunak of “tiptoeing away” from the cladding scandal, and to have invested “nowhere near enough” in funds for unsafe cladding remediation. Whilst Sunak largely recycled figures from old housing […] Click here to view original…
Two more blocks of flats have failed cladding tests
blocks on Winterthur Way fail safety checks TWO more blocks of flats have failed cladding tests after The Gazette previously reported that seven blocks of flats in Basingstoke failed fire safety checks in just 12 months. Two further blocks that are 18 metres in height at Winterthur Way have […] Click here to view original…
Milton Keynes Council’s Progressive Alliance hits back at Government’s unsafe cladding pledge
MK Council’s Progressive Alliance has hit back at the Government’s pledge to allocate £5bn to remove unsafe cladding across the country. Chancellor Rishi Sunak re-announced the funding last Wednesday, which will come from a 4% tax put on the top 30 property developers. Leaseholders criticised this, saying the amount […] Click here to view original…