Dozens of blocks still have Grenfell-type cladding
The Grenfell fire in June 2017 claimed the lives of 72 people Nearly five years after the Grenfell Tower fire, 40% of buildings in England with the same type of cladding have not been made safe, new figures show. The flammable cladding panels have been blamed for the rapid […]Click here to view original web…
UK developers told they must foot bill for unsafe cladding
FILE – A man looks at tributes placed near Grenfell Tower in London, June 14, 2020. The British government says on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 property developers must bear the cost of removing dangerous cladding that has left scores of apartment buildings at risk of fire, and thousands of […] Click here to view original…
What is cladding levy rationale?
There is a similar sense of politicians grasping at straws when you compare Australia’s attempts to deport Novak Djokovic and Michael Gove’s threat to make developers pay £4bn for recladding mid-rise housing blocks. Maybe the housing secretary formulated some of the policy while stuck in a BBC lift for […] Click here to view original…
Crest Nicholson swings to profit, but sees cladding bill rise
Crest Nicholson said in its latest report that forward sales stood at £719 million (PA) (PA Wire) Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has revealed another £29 million bill for high-rise cladding and fire safety measures as it swung to a full-year profit. The group said the charge follows its latest assessment […] Click here to view original…
Cladding Scandal: Norges Bank responds to building safety campaigners about divesting from cladding firms
A Norwegian investment bank which runs the country’s pension fund and is also a major shareholder in many of the firms caught up in the building safety crisis has responded to a letter calling for it to pressure the developers to pay for remediation costs. Norges Bank Investment Management […] Click here to view original…
Queensway House still not fully fireproof
Queensway House. Picture: Charlotte McLaughlin Five fire doors that failed government safety tests have yet to be replaced in a council-owned residential tower block in Hatfield. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council told this newspaper in September 2020 that they were committed to upgrading the fire doors in Queensway House , […] Click here to view original…
Council says it’s making sure Nottingham residents in tall buildings are safe
© westbridgfordwire.com Last week, Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove announced a plan to protect leaseholders and make developers and companies pay to fix cladding issues. In the meantime, Nottingham City Council wants to reassure those living in taller buildings (18 metres or over) in the city […] Click here to view original…
Crest Nicholson swings to profit, but sees cladding bill rise
Crest Nicholson said in its latest report that forward sales stood at £719 million (PA) (PA Wire) Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has revealed another £29 million bill for high-rise cladding and fire safety measures as it swung to a full-year profit. The group said the charge follows its latest assessment […] Click here to view original…
Crest Nicholson trebles cladding retrofit provisions to £43m
Lower rise buildings will now need to be retrofit under latest Government guidance It is the first house builder to raise its estimates since the Government last week called on developers to stump up extra cash to fix the cladding crisis on intermediate height buildings of around four to […] Click here to view original…
Failed fire test used to help justify cladding system on block now requiring remediation
Leaseholders in an east London tower block potentially face life-changing remediation bills after a failed cladding test was used to help justify the use of combustible insulation on the building’s walls. Turnberry Quay uses Kingspan insulation and requires remediation work (picture: GLA) Sharelines Residents of Turnberry Quay in Tower […] Click here to view original…
Man forced to pay £30,000 to fix dangerous cladding
(3) A WHITEFIELD resident has expressed outrage after being told he had to pay £30,000 for remediation of his city centre flat. Gary Soar, says he was told his flat at Cypress Place, in the Green Quarter, Manchester, had cladding, similar to that of Grenfell Tower, by the building’s […] Click here to view original…
Why are landlords deliberately excluded from cladding help?
The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to help leaseholders with cladding remediation. An announcement by Michael Gove, the Housing Secretary, left it unclear whether a new £4 billion fund to remediate towers under 18.5 metres […] Click here to view original…