Thunderer: Flat-owners stuck without a solution to cladding issue
The Scottish property market has exuded confidence in its own ability to bounce back after its enforced Covid-19 lockdown. But it is not a resurgence of the pandemic that could put this recovery in peril. Tens of thousands of flat-owners in modern high-rises throughout Scotland’s biggest cities are sitting […]Click here to view original web…
Chelmsford couple fearing flat ‘could go up in flames’ after damning report
The couple’s one bedroom flat is part of the apartment block on Lynmouth Avenue, Chelmsford “We’re going to bed at night knowing it could go up in flames.” Zoe Bartley and her partner are scared for their lives. The couple, who live in Lynmouth Court in Chelmsford, Essex, had […] Click here to view original…
Councils start action against owners of 30 buildings still wrapped in ACM cladding
Government promises further measures if work is not carried out Local authorities are taking or have taken enforcement action against the owners of at least 30 buildings with ACM cladding, the government has revealed. The action is being taken against those companies which do not have a plan for […] Click here to view original…
Full evacuation of fire-hit student housing block saved many lives, report finds
Around 130 firefighters battled the blaze at The Cube building in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on Friday November 15 last year after a fire was accidentally started by a discarded cigarette. The 217 residents, students at the University of Bolton, were all accounted for after flames spread rapidly across the […] Click here to view original…
Camden council relaunches search for firm to repair Chalcots Estate
Wates had been lined up for the job Camden council has relaunched a contract for recladding and fire safety refurbishment works on the Chalcots Estate after failing to agree contract terms with Wates earlier this year. The contractor had been working on the north London estate (pictured) since January […] Click here to view original…
Three years on and residents of Sheffield tower block fitted with the wrong cladding are STILL waiting for a report
Hanover Tower, on Exeter Drive, Broomhall, failed fire safety tests introduced in the wake of the Grenfell disaster in 2017. The council launched an independent investigation into why failed cladding was put on the block and gave numerous dates for when it would be released to residents, none of […] Click here to view original…
‘I’m trapped and can’t sell my property’: cladding chaos pushes flat owners to the brink
Homeowners have been driven to the brink of insolvency by rules on building cladding which have left them unable to sell their properties. A wave of new regulations were introduced in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy , when 72 people lost their lives in a fire at […] Click here to view original…
Calls grow to include student accommodation in fund to remove cladding from buildings
The Cube Fire. Credit GMFRS THE publication of the report into The Cube Fire prompted a flurry of people to sign a petition calling for Government cladding from student accommodation. Although the report did not look at the the part the cladding may have played in the fire, it […] Click here to view original…
Calls grow to include student accommodation in fund to remove cladding from buildings
The Cube Fire. Credit GMFRS THE publication of the report into The Cube Fire prompted a flurry of people to sign a petition calling for Government cladding from student accommodation. Although the report did not look at the the part the cladding may have played in the fire, it […] Click here to view original…
The draft Building Safety Bill and Higher-risk buildings: Overview and Definitions
The draft Building Safety Bill was published on 20 July 2020, intending to ‘deliver the principles and recommendations for reform set out by Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety .’ The Impact Assessment states that the ‘overall effect of the Bill will be to […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders could be trapped in homes for years as housing associations struggle to cope with scale of EWS crisis
Leaseholders could be left unable to sell or remortgage their homes for years as housing associations struggle to cope with the scale of the external wall system crisis currently afflicting the housing market Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
BrumLAG Interview on BBC Radio WM
A campaign group in Birmingham says it’s worried there may be dozens of buildings in the city with cladding issues that aren’t being identified – that could leave flat owners seriously out of pocket.