Surrey MPs all voted against protecting leaseholders hit by cladding crisis as county residents suffer
Olivia Hogman has told of the stress of living 24/7 in a building that needs a waking watch Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletter When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations […]Click here to view original web…
Cladding update – supporting investors, but also warning them…
Property developer and Reform UK leader Richard Tice has outlined a new warranty scheme to resolve the cladding crisis affecting thousands of landlords and investors. In a virtual press conference last Monday, Tice says builders, regulators and the government should pick up the tab rather than leaseholders. Following the […] Click here to view original…
Cladding update – supporting investors, but also warning them…
Property developer and Reform UK leader Richard Tice has outlined a new warranty scheme to resolve the cladding crisis affecting thousands of landlords and investors. In a virtual press conference last Monday, Tice says builders, regulators and the government should pick up the tab rather than leaseholders. Following the […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders urge government to cover £22m cost of cladding removal
People caught in the cladding crisis have urged the government to foot an estimated £22million bill to make their buildings safe. The leaseholders, who spoke on condition they weren’t identified, bought flats at Gallions Approach in the Royal Docks before the scandal, believing the blocks were safe. But now […] Click here to view original…
Labour estimates impact of cladding issues on Barnet
Tighter safety guidelines were brought in following the Grenfell Tower fire (Image: Steve Parsons/PA Wire) More than 5,000 residents and at least 38 buildings in Barnet could be affected by potentially dangerous cladding materials, according to Labour. The party has carried out an analysis of official figures and estimated […] Click here to view original…
Building a safer future: The Fire Safety Bill
The Fire Safety Bill is part of a series of proposed changes to fire and building safety following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. It seeks to amend the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to clarify that the responsible person or duty-holder for residential buildings containing one or […] Click here to view original…
Two million people are mortgage prisoners due to cladding issues
Statistics revealed by law firm Irwin Mitchell in their report focusing on cladding has revealed that almost two million people are mortgage prisoners thanks to cladding issues. Cladding: A Way Forward has been compiled by residential property experts across the sector which comes complete with a ten-point plan on […] Click here to view original…
Homerton residents caught up in cladding crisis ‘robbed of choice to grow family’
The Mackintosh Lane building. Image: Google Hackney residents tangled up in the cladding crisis say the scandal is taking away their choice to grow their families. Tenants and leaseholders in two blocks on Homerton’s Mackintosh Lane say they were given no warning before being told in February that their […] Click here to view original…
Bellway sets aside more for cladding works as it reveals record sales
Housebuilder Bellway has revealed another £20 million charge to deal with legacy cladding issues on apartment blocks, but unveiled record house sales and the return of dividend payouts. The group said the extra £20.3 million set aside brings its total since 2017 for fire safety in the wake of […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding in Stratford Olympic Village: ‘We had all these plans, now we’re stopped in our tracks’
Sam Williams T he apartments at East Village were at the very heart of London’s triumphant stint as host of the 2012 Olympic Games – providing a temporary home for the world’s greatest athletes, before being converted into homes for Londoners. But Super Saturday was a long, long, time […] Click here to view original…
Fire-risk Grenfell cladding discovered at another block of Plymouth flats
Another Plymouth tower block is set to have cladding replaced due to fire-risk concerns following the Grenfell blaze in London. Combustible material has been found in the walls at Ocean Crescent in The Crescent, opposite the New Continental Hotel. The 11-storey building has offices on the ground floor and […] Click here to view original…
BBC continuing broadcasts from studio put under 24/7 fire patrol after cladding deemed risky
The BBC has said it will continue broadcasting from Queens Court in Hull city centre Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking news When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other […] Click here to view original…