How has tower been allowed to stand empty for THREE years amid housing crisis?
Exclusive: Two hundred people could be living in boarded up student block 14-floor Hawkridge House stands empty – while people desperately wait for homes FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK. CLICK BANNER. RESIDENTS are calling for an abandoned student halls – which could house over 200 people – to be put […]Click here to view original web…
How England’s apartments turned into second-class housing
© FT montage/Dreamstime If Zoom, Peloton and pet shops were some of the unexpected winners of the early phase of the global pandemic, one of the biggest losers was apartment living. From March 2020 onwards, trends in house and flat prices diverged dramatically as lockdowns and remote working put […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding manufacturer agrees $74m settlement with shareholders for ‘false and misleading’ statements
The manufacturer of the cladding used on Grenfell Tower has agreed a settlement worth $74m to compensate shareholders who said it made “false and misleading statements” about the safety of its product. Picture: Lucy Brown Sharelines The manufacturer of the cladding used on Grenfell Tower has agreed a settlement […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: south London block of flats could be demolished and rebuilt as safety flaws prove critical
The Citiscape building before its white and blue panels were removed and residents evacuated A block of flats in south London could be razed to the ground because demolishing it will be cheaper than trying to fix its critical safety flaws. The drastic move follows a post-Grenfell inspection of […] Click here to view original…
Building safety laws set to delay home moves – claim
The Building Safety Act will cause further delays to the home moving process, a senior industry executive has warned. Rob Hailstone, chief executive of conveyancing network The Bold Legal Group, has warned that while the Act is meant to give residents and homeowners including leaseholders more rights, powers, and […] Click here to view original…
Building safety laws set to delay home moves – claim
The Building Safety Act will cause further delays to the home moving process, a senior industry executive has warned. Rob Hailstone, chief executive of conveyancing network The Bold Legal Group, has warned that while the Act is meant to give residents and homeowners including leaseholders more rights, powers, and […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: south London block of flats could be demolished and rebuilt as safety flaws prove critical
The Citiscape building before its white and blue panels were removed and residents evacuated (PA) A block of flats in south London could be razed to the ground because demolishing it will be cheaper than trying to fix its critical safety flaws. The drastic move follows a post-Grenfell inspection […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: south London block of flats could be demolished and rebuilt as safety flaws prove critical
The Citiscape building before its white and blue panels were removed and residents evacuated (PA) A block of flats in south London could be razed to the ground because demolishing it will be cheaper than trying to fix its critical safety flaws. The drastic move follows a post-Grenfell inspection […] Click here to view original…
Major UK insurance firm accepts leaseholders should be protected from fire safety costs in blocks owned by its funds
The UK’s largest insurer has accepted that leaseholders at buildings with fire safety defects owned by its investment funds are protected from paying for the cost of repairs. Aviva’s investment funds own the freehold on thousands of buildings around the UK (picture: Alamy) Sharelines The UK’s largest insurer has […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: south London block of flats could be demolished and rebuilt as safety flaws prove critical
A block of flats in south London could be razed to the ground because demolishing it will be cheaper than trying to fix its critical safety flaws. The drastic move follows a post-Grenfell inspection of Citiscape, a Barratt-owned building in Croydon , carried out in 2019. It revealed that […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: safety concerns, stalled sales and a hunt for cash buyers — meet the Londoners still stuck in unsellable homes
Shutterstock / Artem Yampolcev Her first home is a one bedroom flat in Isleworth , west London, which her parents, Rob Jenkins, 31, and Katherine James, 32, spent £360,000 on buying in February 2017. The couple had never imagined the starter flat would end up being their long term, […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: safety concerns, stalled sales and a hunt for cash buyers — meet the Londoners still stuck in unsellable homes
At six months old Maeve Jenkins is one of the youngest victims of the cladding crisis. Her first home is a one bedroom flat in Isleworth , west London, which her parents, Rob Jenkins, 31, and Katherine James, 32, spent £360,000 on buying in February 2017. The couple had […] Click here to view original…