RICS announces new cladding guidance on fire risk assessments for high-rise blocks
Proposals aim to reduce number of buildings which have to undertake inspections The professional institute for surveyors has proposed new guidance designed to vastly reduce the scope of buildings subject to EWS1 fire safety assessments for cladding. The safety assessments, introduced by the RICS in 2019 in a bid […]Click here to view original web…
Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud backs Mail on campaign for homeowners stuck in properties with fire-risk cladding
Discussing the crisis on Channel 4’s Packed Lunch, Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud, pictured, slammed ministers’ response to the cladding crisis Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud has slammed ministers’ response to the cladding crisis after the Mail revealed long-term loans to fix the problem could slash property values by […] Click here to view original…
Jeremy Clarkson Fights Against Government After Huge Insurance Price Hike
Jeremy Clarkson may be known for his controversy on shows such as Top Gear and The Grand Tour, but while he’s not stirring the pot and making fans laugh, he’s fighting for the little people. You may be surprised by this, but Clarkson has often used his vast fanbase […] Click here to view original…
Jeremy Clarkson hits out over ‘troublesome cladding’ issue in wake of Grenfell disaster
Jeremy Clarkson has shared that as a result of the Grenfell disaster, the insurance bill for his flat in a six-storey building in London is set to rise from £8,000 to £60,000. The Grand Tour presenter has since hit out over the eye-watering insurance premiums as he slammed Baron […] Click here to view original…
EWS1 forms: cladding crisis means 4.6m homes are unsellable
Millions of homeowners are trapped, prevented from selling their properties through no fault of their own. Having your home valued is a stressful experience. It might be because you’re looking to remortgage to a new deal, potentially saving you thousands over the term of your loan. Or perhaps you’re […] Click here to view original…
The neighbours who are locked in a cladding nightmare: Sold the dream of home ownership, 1,346 leaseholders in one cluster of flats face bills of up to £40k EACH
The sales brochure called it ‘an exceptional development for modern living.’ The Green Quarter, a seven-block development in central Manchester, was once a pin-up for 21st-century regeneration. A hub of bars and restaurants just north of Manchester Victoria station, it was perfect for young professionals. But the Green Quarter […] Click here to view original…
Cladding flat owners told not to talk to press
cladding removal A draft agreement, uncovered by the Sunday Times, says that even where there is “overwhelming public interest” in speaking to journalists, the government must be told first. Some types of the covering, often added to newer blocks of flats, have been proven to be a fire hazard. […] Click here to view original…
Proposed RICS guidance aims to improve consistency in EWS-1 requests
THE ROYAL Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has issued proposed guidance for public consultation that aims to assist homebuyers and leaseholders profoundly impacted by delays in the homebuying market caused by safety concerns over cladding and the cost of remediation. The guidance, entitled ‘Valuation of Properties in Multi-Storey, Multi-Occupancy […] Click here to view original…
NHS worker living in Birmingham tower block hit with £52k cladding bill
Hana Imaan who lives in Brindley House A Birmingham flat owner has told of her horror after being hit with a £52,000 bill to repair ‘dangerous cladding’. NHS worker Hana Imaan, 40, was left gobsmacked after receiving the demand for her property at Brindley House in Newhall Street. Hana […] Click here to view original…
Jen from BrumLAG on Newsnight
“We all bought our homes in good faith and deserve a right to be safe in our homes.” Jenny Reid, from the Birmingham Leaseholder Action Group, says £3.5bn in extra govt funding for building safety still “seriously underestimates the size and scale of the issue”
Horrified NHS worker living in flats with dangerous cladding hit with £58,000 bill
Residents in Brindley House, Birmingham, were sent bills for the work A devastated flat owner in a block with dangerous cladding has told of her horror after opening a service bill demanding £58,000. NHS worker Hana Imaan, 40, was left reeling – as were fellow neighbours with bills as […] Click here to view original…
Jeremy Clarkson: Is there anyone honourable in government who’ll take on this deadly cladding disaster?
What a winter. America is teetering on the brink of civil war, a more infectious new strain of the virus has arrived from South Africa, we are all locked up like hedgehogs, Brexit is messing up food supplies to Northern Ireland and the normally placid state of Denmark has […] Click here to view original…