Are we any closer to a cladding solution?
Simon Jackson is managing director at SDL Surveying We are now over four years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster which took the lives of 72 people and brought to light just how dangerous, and susceptible to fire, some of the cladding was (and is) on hundreds of buildings […]Click here to view original web…
Seven lenders pay to make cladding forms public
Seven lenders have agreed to cover the cost of making cladding forms public, UK Finance has revealed. Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest, Santander and TSB have pledged to foot the bill for making existing EWS1 forms publicly available through the Fire Industry Association (FIA) Building Safety […] Click here to view original…
Five more blocks identified for ACM remediation
Five more high-rise residential buildings have been identified as having Grenfell-style cladding unlikely to meet building regulations, the government has said. The latest data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s Building Safety Programme shows at the end of June, 474 high-rise residential buildings have been identified […] Click here to view original…
‘Desperate’ NHS nurse unable to pay cladding bill on East London flat he bought for £230k which is now worthless
Brian outside his building in Waterside Park A ‘desperate’ NHS nurse is unable to pay the cladding bill on the East London flat he bought for £230k which is now deemed worthless. Brian Thornton, 51, has lived in a shared ownership flat in Waterside Park, North Woolwich since 2013. […] Click here to view original…
‘Developers must pay!’ Cladding campaigners launch Downing Street protest
Leaseholders headed to Downing Street to protest against having to cover the cost of fire safety fixes. Image: Reece Lipman Leaseholders caught up in the building safety crisis have taken their anger to Downing Street to demand the UK government covers the cost of fixing their homes and removing […] Click here to view original…
Be bold and fix this cladding nightmare, says ESTHER McVEY
Charlie Stayt grills Anneliese Dodds on removal of cladding Sign up for our columnists plus the most commented stories driving conversation We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties […] Click here to view original…
Barratt reveals extra Grenfell cladding works bill amid profit cheer
Signs outside a Barratt Homes development (PA Archive) Housebuilder Barratt Developments has revealed a further hit for cladding safety works after the Grenfell Tower disaster, taking its total annual bill to more than £80 million. The group said it is setting aside around another £30 million for remedial works […] Click here to view original…
More than 900 buildings in London on simultaneous evacuation orders due to fire risk
Contractors undertake works at a residential property in Paddington as part of a project to remove and replace non-compliant cladding M ore than 900 buildings currently require safety measures such as waking watches or common alarm systems due to fire safety defects including flammable cladding . Waking watches involve […] Click here to view original…
Fire safety crisis: More than 900 buildings on waking watch in London – and number ‘continues to grow’
London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe. Photograph: London Fire Brigade The scale of London’s building safety crisis has once again been laid bare. More than 900 buildings currently require a waking watch due to fire safety defects such as flammable cladding. Waking watches involve 24-hour patrols of buildings that […] Click here to view original…
Tenants say cash for extra heating costs after cladding came off is not enough
Eithna Crowson and her husband Martin who is vice-chairman of the Holm Court Residents’ Association Tenants whose flats were ‘freezing’ after cladding was removed say cash from their housing association to cover extra energy costs has not been enough. Four years after the Grenfell Tower fire, tenants of nine […] Click here to view original…
Seven lenders foot the bill to make cladding information public
Flat owners and prospective buyers can now more easily find out if their property needs work to remedy unsafe cladding thanks to a new development announced today. Seven mortgage lenders have agreed to foot the bill to make cladding forms public through a building safety portal. The forms – […] Click here to view original…
More than 900 buildings on ‘waking watch’ in London due to fire safety defects
Contractors undertake works at a residential property in Paddington as part of a project to remove and replace non-compliant cladding Waking watches involve 24-hour patrols of buildings that are known to contain fire safety defects so residents can be warned and evacuated in the event of a fire. They […] Click here to view original…