Shona Frame and Ryan McCuaig The full impact of the Cladding Remediation Bill, which was recently passed in the Scottish Parliament, is still to be felt within the construction sector, write Shona Frame and Ryan McCuaig. The 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy, which claimed 72 lives, put a sharp focus […]Click here to view original web…

Hello, Over the last few years I have been hit with this awful cladding issue and repossession by my lender due to expiry of mortgage term on one flat by Mortgage Express and the other flat being taken over because of arrears – due to having to pay tens […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower in London was destroyed by fire in 2017 MSPs have voted to pass a bill that aims to tackle unsafe cladding on buildings – and avoid fires like the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Housing Cladding Remediation Bill passed unanimously at Holyrood earlier with 116 votes for and […] Click here to view original…

Arch St, Elephant and Castle, first built in 2011, was one of the Heygate replacement housing sites. (Google) Fifty-two homes in Elephant and Castle, which tenants and leaseholders were forced to move out of in 2019, could lay empty for a further two years. Five years ago, more than […] Click here to view original…

Nearly a quarter of mortgages on mid-rise flats required an ESW1 form this year, despite government promises three years ago that leaseholders in these blocks affected by the cladding scandal would no longer need one when selling or remortgaging. The latest UK data from the department of housing, provided […] Click here to view original…

Firefighters have demanded action at a Croydon tower block, covered in flammable cladding, where elderly and disabled residents say they are regularly left “trapped” upstairs by broken lifts. Canterbury House, in Sydenham Road, East Croydon, has round-the-clock fire patrols while its owner, Criterion Hospitality, awaits the outcome of a […] Click here to view original…

A FURIOUS homeowner says his flat service charges have doubled to £8,000 a year. Richard Moore had purchased the leasehold property in Croydon, South London, for £300,000 in 2016 as an investment to provide him with a pension in his old age. Richard Moore said buying a leasehold flat […] Click here to view original…

A FURIOUS homeowner says his flat service charges have doubled to £8,000 a year. Richard Moore had purchased the leasehold property in Croydon, South London, for £300,000 in 2016 as an investment to provide him with a pension in his old age. Sign up for the Money newsletter Your […] Click here to view original…

News Videos Audit finds thousands of Queensland buildings to have flammable cladding A new audit of city buildings has shown thousands may have been constructed with flammable cladding, similar to the type used in London’s deadly Grenfell Tower. Share Mail Tweet Pinterest National See all Single entry wins entire […] Click here to view original…

THE country’s leading procurement body has backed the decision to allow Scottish ministers new powers to tackle unsafe cladding. The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has endorsed the new government regulations which is expected to positively transform the standards of cladding on public buildings and make it easier for organisations […] Click here to view original…

Lesley Anderson A Scottish procurement body has backed the decision to allow Scottish ministers new powers to tackle unsafe cladding as a “major step forward” in public building safety. The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has endorsed the new government regulations which are expected to positively transform the standards of […] Click here to view original…

Anthony Marley, director at Northern Ireland-based remediation specialist Anamore, comments on the changes to the cladding remediation programme in Scotland. Building safety and fire compliance involving cladding on high-rise buildings has become a prominent topic across the UK, with local governments assessing laws and regulations to help fix non-compliant […] Click here to view original…