‘I can’t afford £6k bill for six more months of cladding hell… I’m scared I’ll go bankrupt’
Claire Hamblion owns a flat in Cardinal Lofts in Ipswich Furious flat owners on the Waterfront say they are facing a “shocking” half-yearly bill of more than £6,500 per apartment – after fire engineers uncovered major safety problems in 2020. Cardinal Lofts leaseholder Claire Hamblion, from Ipswich, has shared […]Click here to view original web…
Trident Point leaseholders asked for £25k to remove cladding
(3) Homeowners are facing bills of up to £25,000 to help remove potentially unsafe cladding from their block of flats. Those living in Harrow’s Trident Point said it is “unfair” they should be expected to bear these costs when they assumed the building was completely safe when they bought […] Click here to view original…
Nottinghamshire tower blocks still waiting for post-Grenfell inspections
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service headquarters. By Anna Whittaker, Local Democracy Reporter Dozens of high-rise buildings across Nottinghamshire are still waiting to be inspected by the fire service – more than four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster. In late 2020, the Government gave fire services lists of high-rise […] Click here to view original…
Colchester leaseholders act to reduce fire risk from timber cladding
Flat owners in Colchester have acted to reduce fire risks from decorative wooden cladding on their two and three-storey buildings. Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017, the Government has recently offered funding support to replace combustible cladding on high-rise buildings, but low-rise buildings do not qualify. Now a […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal protesters gather in London and Manchester
Picture- London Fire Brigade Protesters, worried their homes are “time bombs” due to having combustible cladding, are demanding developers take remedial action to make the properties safe. On Saturday the group, comprising leaseholders, tenants and ‘Action for Fire Safety Justice, gathered at a Nine Elms development in south-west London […] Click here to view original…
Hundreds take part in cladding protest at Salford Quays
Protesters gather at Salford Quays on Saturday morning Hundreds of residents living in ‘unsafe’ apartment blocks across the region staged a protest in Salford yesterday. Crowds marched through Salford Quays carrying banners and placards before gathering outside The Lowry Plaza on Saturday morning. The protest was planned by the […] Click here to view original…
‘We’re being gaslighted’: Leaseholders given huge bills despite government claim their flats are safe
Paul Wells has been told by his building’s management company that remediation work is to go ahead, despite government stating that buildings under 18m shouldn’t need work Homeowners in low-rise apartment blocks are being told they must hand over life-changing sums because their flats could go up in flames, […] Click here to view original…
‘Everyone is just looking to make a profit’: the people taking advantage of the cladding crisis
Building managers and freeholders have been profiting from inflated commissions when removing dangerous cladding in the wake of the Grenfell disaster, campaigners have warned. Leaseholders and the taxpayer could be overpaying because lease and management agreements incentivise agents to increase costs and charge for unnecessary work . Many have […] Click here to view original…
Residents trapped in unsafe homes stage ‘cladding’ protest at Manchester’s MediaCity
Credit: Manchester Cladiators Residents caught up in the ‘Cladding Scandal’ are staging a protest at Manchester’s MediaCityUK to calling for a fair solution. The protest has been planned by the Manchester Cladiators , a group which represents residents living in buildings with dangerous cladding and serious internal fire safety […] Click here to view original…
Poole flats cladding work delayed over fire safety payments
Exploratory work on the cladding has begun but the changes cannot get under way until money for fire breaks is also in place Work to replace potentially flammable cladding on a block of flats has been delayed after residents were asked to pay for other fire safety work first. […] Click here to view original…
Manchester Cladiators: The campaigners fighting for justice for cladding crisis victims
Four years on from Grenfell, hundreds of thousands of people still live in buildings with dangerous cladding – they can’t sell up, pay huge insurance bills, and fire wardens patrol 24-hours a day. Worse still, leaseholders must cover the cost of making their buildings safe. In Manchester, one group […] Click here to view original…
Temple Bright advises Union Wharf on Building Safety Fund application
Law firm Temple Bright is advising the Union Wharf development in Hoxton on their funding application to the government’s Building Safety Fund. The Fund was established after the Grenfell tragedy in 2017 to help meet the costs of remediation of unsafe, non-ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) cladding systems including certain […] Click here to view original…