Council claims damages from companies that made Grenfell cladding and faulty fridge freezer that sparked blaze
Grenfell Tower Kensington and Chelsea council has lodged a personal injury claim against two companies involved in the Grenfell Tower fatal fire. The council owned the 24 storey residential tower block in north Kensington. The personal injury claim was filed at the High Court against cladding manufacturers Arconic Architectural […]Click here to view original web…
Cladding crisis: ‘Delays could bankrupt us’
image captionAmy says her flat isn’t worth anything until it is made safe The government’s fund to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding is woefully inadequate, oversubscribed and taking too long to make buildings safe, campaigners say. More than three and a half years since the Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…
Council lodges claim against cladding maker for Grenfell Tower fatal fire
By Julia Gregory, local democracy reporter Kensington and Chelsea council has lodged a personal injury claim against two companies involved in the Grenfell Tower fatal fire. The council owned the 24 storey residential tower block in north Kensington. The personal injury claim was filed at the High Court against […] Click here to view original…
Experience: my dream flat became a nightmare
Hayley Tillotson: ‘I watched my bank account drain to pennies.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian The day I got the keys to my one-bedroom flat in central Leeds in April 2019 was the proudest moment of my life. I’d spent four years saving a £10,000 deposit from my salary as […] Click here to view original…
How more than 200 Ipswich residents are now trapped by cladding scandal
Alex Dickin of the newly created Ipswich Cladiators group, set up to fight the cladding crisis in the town Alex Dickin was just an 11-year-old schoolboy when the Waterfront block that became his first home was signed off as safe. More than 15 years on and the now 27-year-old […] Click here to view original…
ACM cladding replacement progress: 45 towers yet to see any action
31 minutes The post-Grenfell cladding replacement programme continues to make steady progress but there remain 45 high-rise buildings where remediation work has not even started. ACM cladding on Grenfell Tower before the fire The good news is that all high-rise buildings in the social sector and student buildings are […] Click here to view original…
Experience: my dream flat became a nightmare
The day I got the keys to my one-bedroom flat in central Leeds in April 2019 was the proudest moment of my life. I’d spent four years saving a £10,000 deposit from my salary as a marketing and PR executive. I had just become single, and I thought my […] Click here to view original…
Government names and shames companies yet to start ACM remediation work
The government has published a list of companies who have failed to begin removing the cladding blamed for the Grenfell Tower fire from buildings they are responsible for. In an update on the progress of ACM remediation works, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said 14 […] Click here to view original…
Extend stamp duty holiday to allow cladding victims to benefit too, Chancellor urged
Stamp out the duty Campaigners have urged the Government to extend the stamp duty holiday for the millions of homeowners trapped by the cladding scandal who are currently unable to sell their properties…. To continue reading Already a subscriber? Log in Enjoy unlimited access to all articles Choose from […] Click here to view original…
Victoria Bans External Cladding Products
The Victorian government has revealed a new amendment to the state’s building code which will prohibit the use of certain external wall cladding products in the construction of multi-storey buildings. Under the new declaration announced by planning minister Richard Wynne, aluminium composite panels with a core of less than […] Click here to view original…
Government names and shames companies yet to start ACM remediation work
The government has published a list of companies who have failed to begin removing the cladding blamed for the Grenfell Tower fire from buildings they are responsible for. In an update on the progress of ACM remediation works, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said 14 […] Click here to view original…
‘Cladding disgrace’ needs to be resolved, says UK letting firm
Homeowners must be helped out of the cladding crisis as insurance premiums soar, according to Apropos. The firm believes that the continuing slow response from government to the plight of thousands of homeowners unwittingly stuck in their homes with dangerous cladding must be resolved this year. Individuals trapped by […] Click here to view original…