Almost half the high-rise buildings fitted with Grenfell cladding still have some in place
Government data says 17 buildings still have no plan at all to deal with problem Nearly half of the high-rise buildings in England wrapped with the type of cladding fitted to the Grenfell Tower have still not had all of it removed. According to the housing ministry’s (MHCLG) building […]Click here to view original web…
Nearly half of high-rise buildings fitted with Grenfell cladding still have some in place
Government data says 17 buildings still have no plan at all to deal with problem Nearly half of the high-rise buildings in England wrapped with the type of cladding fitted to the Grenfell Tower have still not removed all of it. According to the housing department’s building safety update […] Click here to view original…
Residents ‘on a knife edge’ as fireworks let off near combustible cladding
‘The fear is if something goes off in the wrong direction and sort of embeds itself in the cladding and it starts a fire’, said one resident. Residents were left “on a knife edge” after fireworks were let off outside their block of flats on Bonfire Night, shortly after […] Click here to view original…
Cladding supplier could be liable for the tragic Grenfell Fire disaster
ChiralJon / Flickr Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Testimony from the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry has suggested that the firm who were responsible for making the building’s cladding cheated in tests for their product. The second phase of the Grenfell inquiry – that began in early 2020 – […] Click here to view original…
London council issues improvement notice to PDR block with Grenfell-style cladding
Lambeth Council has issued an improvement notice to the owners of a residential block in Streatham, south London, demanding the removal of dangerous ACM cladding, the same as what was used on Grenfell Tower. Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Cladding scandal: The homeowners left unable to sell in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire
Higher mortgage rates, hiked services charges and properties that just can’t be sold. We meet the leaseholders left in limbo by the scandal Neil and Tamar Richardson are one of thousands trapped in a nightmare scenario Neil Richardson, 47, and his wife Tamar are expecting their first baby in […] Click here to view original…
Cladding and building safety guidance ‘not designed for valuations’ – housing minister
The housing ministry has refused to acknowledge any role in creating issues for borrowers living in multi-storey buildings with potentially flammable or dangerous cladding as a result of its published guidance. Housing minister Christopher Pincher (pictured) said guidance issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) […] Click here to view original…
‘Crazy’ bill for tower block fire marshals came ‘out of the blue’
Video Frustrated residents from Cardinal Lofts in Ipswich are faced with a large bill for fire marshals. Pictured are Claire Hamblion (left), Craig Bennett and Julianne Woor, and Sarah Cushion Pictures: ARCHANT/JULIANNE WOOR/SARAH CUSHION Angry neighbours are teaming up to fight “gigantic” bills for 24/7 fire marshals in an […] Click here to view original…
Developer owned by Top Oxford donor billed residents thousands to fix unsafe Grenfell-style cladding
Residents at a building development in Paddington Walk have been left with huge costs and mental stress after they were billed at least £40,000 each to cover the costs of fire safety provisions and the replacement of unsafe, Grenfell-style ACM cladding. The building developer and freeholder of the site, […] Click here to view original…
Tower block residents near Grenfell ‘fed up’ as fire doors replaced for 3rd time in 4 years
Darren Turner is a resident of Hazlewood tower in North Kensington who will be on his “fourth front door in four years” Residents in two North Kensington tower blocks will have their front doors replaced for a third time in four years because of fire safety concerns. People living […] Click here to view original…
Conservative MPs write to all backbenchers asking them to pressure government over cladding
Two Conservative MPs have written to all their colleagues asking them to press the government for action to protect leaseholders from the cost of removing dangerous cladding, as campaigners send a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak asking him to take action on the crisis at the Budget this week. […] Click here to view original…
Three high rise blocks in Cardiff finally set to get new safe cladding
Lydstep Flats, Cardiff Want to keep up to date on Welsh politics? When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your […] Click here to view original…