The Government’s scandalously slow progress of removing flammable cladding has left residents trapped, desperate and living in terror
AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookFacebook Share to TwitterTwitter Share to LinkedInLinkedIn Share to EmailEmail Of the 455 high-rise buildings identified to be covered in ACM cladding, 155 have had the cladding removed and 300 are yet to be remediated, writes Rushanara Ali MP. | PA Images Three years […]Click here to view original web…
Mortgage lenders to review cladding rules after declaring homes ‘worthless’
Mortgage lenders will change rules which have made thousands of homes effectively worthless because of fears of flammable cladding – even on buildings where no cladding exists. The rules on cladding were tightened in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017, where flammable material on the side […] Click here to view original…
BSC urges removal of unsafe cladding
Grenfell Tower next morning The chief executive of the British Safety Council has written to the Housing Minister, Christopher Pincher, to ask the government to act to remove unsafe cladding from tower blocks. Three years on from the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower it is estimated that 60,000 are […] Click here to view original…
Havering Council to order replacement of unsafe cladding material at Axis buildings in Romford
The Axis development in Mercury Gardens, Romford. Picture: April Roach Havering Council is to order the owner of a housing development in Romford to replace cladding material that could pose a risk in the event of a fire. The authority said it is “taking steps” to serve an improvement […] Click here to view original…
General Insurance Article – Calls for the promotion of balcony barbecues to be banned
With the UK summer well underway, new data released today by UK insurer Zurich reveals that just four balcony fires in 2019 caused almost £9m worth of damage as the fires spread to neighbouring flats or entire buildings in some cases. The insurer warns that the majority of balcony […] Click here to view original…
Watch ‘selfish’ supercar drivers light fireworks next to building with Grenfell cladding in Leeds
A restaurant owner has slammed “selfish” wedding guests who lit fireworks in supercars next to a building in Leeds with flammable cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower. Asad Arif, co-owner of Mumtaz, called West Yorkshire Police twice yesterday (July 21) after being alerted to the “unauthorised event” […] Click here to view original…
Cladding Victims Could Have To Pay Up To £78,000 As Minister Calls Charges ‘Affordable’
High rise buildings in Manchester as cladding in the process of being removed. People living in flammable tower blocks have warned of a “shocking betrayal” after the government unveiled new legislation that could leave them paying tens of thousands of pounds each to make their homes safe. On Monday, […] Click here to view original…
‘Leaseholders thrown under the bus’: People living in high-rise buildings with dangerous cladding slam newly proposed laws
Residents living in unsafe high-rise buildings have slammed new measures aimed at protecting them from soaring repair bills. They claim rules outlined in the draft Building Safety Bill, revealed this week, do nothing to protect them from having to pick up the enormous costs required to make their homes […] Click here to view original…
Cladding remediation fund falls short of towering safety problem
Following calls by the Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee for the UK government to end the “cladding nightmare” for residents of tall buildings, Fieldfisher construction partner Helen Andrews looks at how far the funding allocated to tackle the issue is likely to stretch The remediation of potentially dangerous […] Click here to view original…
Liverpool housing block to have flammable cladding removed
Sanctuary Student Accommodation on Grenville Street will have its exterior cladding removed and replaced. Another Liverpool housing block is having its cladding replaced after it was found to be combustible. Sanctuary Student Accommodation on Grenville Street will have its exterior cladding taken off after it was found to not […] Click here to view original…
Tower block next to Tyne Bridge can have dangerous cladding replaced before being turned into flats
Cale Cross House, next to the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle Plans to remove potentially-dangerous cladding from a huge office block next to the Tyne Bridge have been approved. The 18-storey Cale Cross House, one of the tallest buildings in Newcastle city centre, must have its aluminium cladding replaced before […] Click here to view original…
Watchdog criticises ‘slower than expected’ cladding repair work
Progress is being made in removing dangerous cladding from high-rise residential buildings following the Grenfell Tower fire. However, the pace of works has been faster in some types of building than others and progress in the private residential sector has been slower than the government expected, according to today’s […] Click here to view original…