Government defeated over cost of removing Grenfell-style cladding
A view of Grenfell Tower, where a severe fire killed 72 people in June 2017. Peers have inflicted another embarrassing defeat on Boris Johnson ’s government over financial protection for households affected by dangerous cladding of the kind blamed for the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The House of Lords voted […]Click here to view original web…
BBA accused of being ‘supine and leaden footed’ after delaying to withdraw cladding certificate after fire
Lords vote to send debate over leaseholder cladding costs back to MPs for second time Home Office brings in unlimited fines for breaches of fire safety regulations BBA based an ‘inaccurate’ certificate of Kingspan insulation on tests to other products BBA published ‘materially wrong’ certificate on Grenfell cladding after […] Click here to view original…
Government Defeated Again Over Cladding Scandal In Lords Vote
The government has been defeated again over the cladding scandal as peers backed a fresh bid to ensure flat owners do not have to pay for fire safety work. The House of Lords passed an amendment proposed by the Lord Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith, by 326 votes […] Click here to view original…
MPs urge residents to ‘make noise’ about ‘living hell’ of flammable flats
MPs have urged Camden and Brent leaseholders to protest as loudly as they can after they recounted the “living hell” of being stuck in flammable buildings. Three MPs met online with dozens of constituents whose homes have been declared unsafe by fire experts. Residents said they were trapped in […] Click here to view original…
Residents ‘stuck’ in flammable flats can’t sell their homes
Homeowners say they are “stuck” in their Harold Wood flats, as the discovery of flammable cladding means they cannot sell them. Combustible cladding has been discovered on some buildings in King’s Park and investigations have been launched into others. The Romford Recorder has seen a report by Façade Remedial […] Click here to view original…
Trafford gives cladding update
Princess Court is expected to complete first A project to replace dangerous aluminium composite material cladding from five residential blocks managed by Trafford Housing Trust in Old Trafford is due to complete in October after a series of delays. The project began in spring 2019 and was originally scheduled […] Click here to view original…
Neighbours embroiled in cladding crisis left distressed over new Quayside flats plan next door
New plans for the Plot 12 development on Newcastle’s Quayside Neighbours opposing a controversial plan for hundreds of new flats on the Newcastle Quayside have issued a final plea for councillors to reject the scheme. Proposals for a 14-storey block on the long-vacant Plot 12 site overlooking the Tyne […] Click here to view original…
Government to set out plan to address cladding crisis
Housing and planning minister Kevin Stewart is set to outline measures to address a cladding crisis that affects more than 100 local authority high-rise buildings as well as thousands of privately-owned flats throughout Scotland. Renovations are being carried out at Glen Court & Millbrae Court in Coatbridge Criticism of […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal will soon slam into the housing market, warn conveyancers
Solicitors have warned that the government’s reluctance to intervene fully in the cladding scandal created by the Grenfell Tower fire and help all the leaseholders caught up in the debacle is beginning to cause major problems in the housing market. The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) is worried that […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal: Woman abandons plans to buy £195,000 flat because banks deem it worthless
(Image: Charlotte Makings) A Bristol woman abandoned her dreams of buying a £195,000 flat after banks deemed the property ‘worthless’ because it could have dangerous cladding. Charlotte Makings had already spent almost £1,000 on surveys and reports, when it was flagged the building in north Bristol did not have […] Click here to view original…
Thirty-two Conservative MPs signed up to rebel amendment to protect cladding leaseholders
ACM remediation far slower among blocks that have received government funding Grenfell cladding firm used ‘hard tactics’ in obtaining certificate for product, inquiry hears Legislation allowing action for building regulation breaches should be strengthened not repealed Government tells building control bodies to ‘review’ assessments of Kingspan product Grenfell cladding […] Click here to view original…
Cladding roundup – understanding and tackling the ongoing crisis
In light of the controversy surrounding cladding as of late, DBRS Morningstar has released a commentary titled ‘ UK Cladding: Much More Than a Safety Hazard ’. In June 2017, a horrific tragedy occurred in West London where the cladding on the outside of a high-rise block of apartments, […] Click here to view original…