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Imprisoned by cladding: The flat owners who cannot sell

By News Feed | 8 February 2020

Thousands of people in the UK are living in flats they cannot sell, because the outside wall is covered in cladding. Sometimes it’s combustible, like the material that turned Grenfell Tower into an inferno. But people may become prisoners in their homes even when it isn’t – because the […] Click here to view original…

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Unsafe cladding – Early Day Motion (EDM)

By BrumLAG | 20 December 2019

That this House notes with concern the number of people living in blocks with cladding (both ACM and HPL) which has either been identified as unsafe or has yet to be inspected; is aware that a growing number of people are currently unable to sell their homes because of […] Click here to view original…

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Cladding victims now being hit by insurance hikes, reports BBC R4 You and Yours

By News Feed | 6 December 2019

Birmingham’s Islington Gates is one of the cladding sites where leaseholders have been stung by a surge in insurance premiums this year By Harry Scoffin The cladding crisis has rippled through the insurance market, with leasehold tenants in dangerous apartment buildings “being hammered” by “inflated bills”, BBC Radio 4’s […] Click here to view original…

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#EndOurCladdingScandal – Rip Off Britain – 3/10/19

By gecal | 3 October 2019

In the wake of the Grenfell fire, why is the government stumping up cash to help some residents replace their dangerous cladding but leaving other people to foot the sky-high bills themselves? Julia meets some of those affected. https://www.facebook.com/groups/natio… https://nationalleaseholdcampaign.org/ #LeaseholdScandal #NLC #Leasehold #Commonhold #Fleecehold #FleeceholdScandal #HousingCrisis #Housing #Homes […] Click here to view original…

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Tag Archives: Birmingham Surveyors

By News Feed | 17 May 2019

Post Grenfell, cladding has been high on the agenda for many of our clients both in the commercial and residential sectors. We welcome the government’s recent announcement of plans to fully fund ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) cladding remediation works in the private sector, this being a call first made […] Click here to view original…

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Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement

By gecal | 9 May 2019

The government will fully fund the replacement of unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on high-rise private residential properties where building owners have failed to do so Communities Secretary the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP calls time on “reckless” building owners who have refused to take action New funding […] Click here to view original…