Cladding law changes ‘too slow’ – campaigners
Image caption, The owners of Skyline Chambers in Manchester were taken to a tribunal by the government under the Building Safety Act. Phil McCann BBC News, Manchester Published13 March 2024, 10:50 GMT Owners of flats in buildings with unsafe cladding and safety defects say they still face “life-changing costs” […]Click here to view original web…
Facility to improve insurance availability for buildings with fire risk gets key capacity
’This unique facility aims to present a competitive market solution that will address this important issue,’ says chief executive The ABI has revealed that it has secured the reinsurance support needed to launch the fire safety reinsurance facility. Read: Biba welcomes new leasehold buildings insurance reforms Read: FCA confirms […] Click here to view original…
Flat owners saved from massive insurance bills that soared after Grenfell
Flat owners in buildings affected by Grenfell-style cladding will see their insurance premiums fall as a result of a new industry scheme to tackle eye-watering bills. The Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility will reduce costs for individual flat owners – saving some thousands of pounds a year. Leaseholders in flats […] Click here to view original…
Initiative launched to improve insurance cover for fire safety risk buildings
The Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility aims to help increase insurance market competition to cover properties affected by combustible cladding and other fire safety problems A new scheme hopes to improve the availability of insurance for higher-risk buildings awaiting work to fix fire safety issues ( Image: PA Archive/PA Images) […] Click here to view original…
Lives at risk because of ‘snail-pace progress’ on cladding, ministers warned
Opposition MSPs wanred lives are being put at risk because of the Scottish Government is responding at ‘snail-pace’ to concerns about cladding raised in the wake of the Grenfell tower block tragedy. (Victoria Jones/PA). Opposition MSPs have hit out at the Scottish Government over “delays” in tackling with potentially […] Click here to view original…
Scottish government ‘asleep at the wheel’ on post-Grenfell safety
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf at the Lord Roberts Monument in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, to call on people across Scotland to vote SNP to Exit Brexit, February 26, 2024 × SCOTTISH LABOUR housing spokesman Mark Griffin took aim at the Scottish government yesterday for its lack of urgency in […] Click here to view original…
The tower block where hundreds of residents have been trapped in unsafe flats for years, until now
There appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel – but for many Victoria Wharf residents the last five years have been a struggle Residents in more than 450 apartments in Cardiff are a step closer to peace of mind over their buildings’ dangerous cladding, nearly […] Click here to view original…
Council says 580 homes need £17m of remediation work following cladding fire
The fire at Moss Hall Grove, Barnet And the council has warned that the houses could represent ‘just the tip of the iceberg across the country’. Barnet said 586 homes in the borough needed remediation work after surveyors identified them as being similarly built to four council-owned properties in […] Click here to view original…
Warning of potential UK cladding crisis causes concern across the country
A recent discovery by Barnet council has revealed a potential national fire safety crisis, with hundreds of timber-frame homes fitted with flammable cladding. Concerns are increasing across the country as experts fear this could be just the beginning of a new hazard for homeowners. In a recent revelation, Barnet […] Click here to view original…
Fears of new UK cladding crisis after blaze destroys timber-frame homes
A row of such homes in Moss Hall Grove in Finchley was destroyed in June when a fire spread rapidly across the terrace. Barnet council finds 580 houses with similar panels that can spread fire and warns they are ‘tip of the iceberg’ A London council has warned of […] Click here to view original…
Greenwich Premier Inn applies to have combustible cladding removed
The Premier Inn hotel on Greenwich High Road (Credit: Google Earth) A hotel in Greenwich has sent plans to remove combustible cladding from its building following assessments made after the Grenfell Tower fire. Premier Inn on Greenwich High Road has sent an application to the council to have combustible […] Click here to view original…
Ipswich tower block repair costs could reach £30m
Construction on the tower block on the waterfront started in 2007 Costs to repair structural and fire safety issues on a tower block in Ipswich could reach £30m, administrators said. The freeholder of The Mill development went into administration in 2010. Administrators, RSM UK, told residents that funds were […] Click here to view original…