Gove defeats railway pension fund in cladding battle
36 minutes The government has won a legal battle against a property owner that has failed to replaced dangerous cladding on its high-rise residential buildings. Vista Tower in Stevenage [as seen on Google Streetview] Grey GR, ultimately owned by Railpen, a scheme that manages £34bn in railway pension assets, […]Click here to view original web…
Work to replace materials in Runcorn apartment blocks under way
Work is under way to replace unsafe building materials in six apartment blocks in Runcorn (Image: Supplied) WORK has commenced to replace unsafe and flammable building material in six different Runcorn apartment blocks. The remediation at The Deck is part of a national programme following the 2017 Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…
We’re being held to ransom after our service charge TRIPLED to £7,000 a year – it’s not our fault building’s a fire risk
A COMMUNITY claims they’re being held for ransom after the service charge on their flats TRIPLED to £7,000 a year. Residents at Earls Court, near Kensington, London have been living in fear after being told the cladding on their homes was dodgy and highly flammable. Dad-of-three Hamid Elouahabi said […] Click here to view original…
The EU’s ‘right to repair’ rule is truly radical – British builders should copy it wholesale
‘Imagine the price for replacing not just cladding but double glazing, sprinkler systems, air conditioning and lifts.’ Chatham Place, Reading. y first phone was a Nokia 3210, a cute grey brick with just enough computing power to run Snake. Compared with today’s sleek 5G touchscreen devices it was pretty […] Click here to view original…
Flat owners ‘held to ransom’ after service charge trebles to £7,000 a year
Hamid Elouahabi thought the figure was a typo at first (Picture: W8media) People living in a London block of flats have been told they must pay an extra £5,000 a year for their service charge due to flammable cladding. They say it is bad enough to be living in […] Click here to view original…
Scandal of the cladding victims left homeless
Since Grenfell more than 15,000 people have been ordered to leave their unsafe homes. Many are living half-lives in hostels — and still paying the mortgage Fozia Malik and the family of Jesse Mikkelsen, five, are among those made homeless while they wait for their homes to be fixed. […] Click here to view original…
‘It’s been hell’: One homeowner’s battle to sell her flat with cladding
Stacey Greenfield has not been able to sell her flat due to cladding issues (photo: supplied) When Stacey Greenfield bought her home in April 2017 -a spacious two-bedroom flat in a new development in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire she didn’t imagine that, seven years later, she’d be asking her solicitor […] Click here to view original…
Firms secure a spot on vital £20m fire safety framework
A wide range of businesses have secured a place on a major eight-figure framework aimed at safeguarding social housing and public buildings and their occupiers. This follows a competitive process conducted by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) to invite a pool of businesses to tender for a place on […] Click here to view original…
‘It’s been hell’: One homeowner’s battle to sell her flat with cladding
Stacey Greenfield has not been able to sell her flat due to cladding issues (photo: supplied) When Stacey Greenfield bought her home in April 2017 -a spacious two-bedroom flat in a new development in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire she didn’t imagine that, seven years later, she’d be asking her solicitor […] Click here to view original…
‘It’s been hell’: One homeowner’s battle to sell her flat with cladding
Stacey Greenfield has not been able to sell her flat due to cladding issues (photo: supplied) When Stacey Greenfield bought her home in April 2017 -a spacious two-bedroom flat in a new development in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire she didn’t imagine that, seven years later, she’d be asking her solicitor […] Click here to view original…
27 firms secure a spot on vital £20m fire safety framework
A WIDE range of businesses have secured a place on a major eight-figure framework aimed at safeguarding social housing and public buildings and their occupiers. This follows a competitive process conducted by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) to invite a pool of businesses to tender for a place on […] Click here to view original…
27 firms secure place on £20m fire safety framework
A wide range of businesses have secured a place on a major framework aimed at safeguarding social housing and public buildings and their occupiers. This follows a competitive process conducted by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) to invite a pool of businesses to tender for a place on its […] Click here to view original…