I’m trapped with my flat due to cladding and face a 9.34% mortgage rate: Owner who can’t sell risks massive payment hike
A flat owner risks being burdened with a 9.34 per cent mortgage rate, as she cannot sell her property due to unsafe cladding and can’t switch lender. Donna Williams owns a flat in Berkshire with fire-risk cladding and the current fixed-rate deal on her mortgage ends later this month. […]Click here to view original web…
Grenfell-affected residents face ‘extortionate’ insurance
Image caption, Chandri Bhan wanted to relocate but said she couldn’t By Guy Lynn & Jess Warren BBC News Residents in an east London block of flats say that their insurance has become “extortionate” after the Grenfell tragedy . Homeowners at Tower 8, Barrier Point, Newham, live in a […] Click here to view original…
Government urged to remove remaining unsafe cladding quickly
Progress on making buildings safe following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire has not been “fast enough”, Michael Gove has said. In the House of Commons, the Communities Secretary spoke of his “determination to see the truth uncovered, to make change happen and to have all those responsible held to […] Click here to view original…
Homes made safer as cladding removal campaign continues
Progress continues to be made in Newham’s mission to rid buildings in the borough of dangerous cladding. Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE’s Cabinet has received an update about the proactive work being undertaken by the Council over the past year to boost safety across the borough. It includes measures to […] Click here to view original…
Developer Remedial Contracts and the Responsible Actors Scheme: a closer look
Earlier this month regulations under the Building Safety Act 2022 giving effect to the Government’s “Responsible Actors Scheme” were passed into law. These regulations, and the Developer Remediation Contracts which have been entered into as a result of them (the “ DRCs ”), form a central plank of the […] Click here to view original…
Building Safety Act 2022: Replacing managers in higher-risk buildings
Gowling WLG has recently advised a tenant seeking to address their landlord’s poor management of the building. The key issues included inadequate handling of service charge budgets, incomplete accounts, unapproved expenditure, failure to repair and failure to carry out cladding and other fire safety remediation. Before the Building Safety […] Click here to view original…
Should I buy a leasehold property? How they differ from freehold homes and the pros and cons explained
Development or block owners, known as freeholders, can decide what terms to put in leases and what to charge homeowners The leasehold system dates back to medieval times (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire) Buying a leasehold property can save you money and means you do not have to worry about […] Click here to view original…
Residents facing second winter in freezing tower block after council ‘mismanaged’ cladding project
Residents of an over-60s council tower block in South Bristol have said how they fear for their own health as many face a second winter with no cladding on the building. Some people living in Gilton House in Brislington have already moved out to stay with relatives or friends […] Click here to view original…
Following a “mismanaged” cladding project by the council, residents will spend a second winter in a freezing tower block
Like it? Share it! Residents claim that things are getting worse in their tower block. 18 July 2023 Fire Doors Fire Engineering FD&A Fire Risk Assessment Residents of a South Bristol council tower block for people over 60 have expressed their concern for their own health as many face […] Click here to view original…
Residents facing second winter in freezing tower block after council ‘mismanaged’ cladding project
Residents of an over-60s council tower block in South Bristol have said how they fear for their own health as many face a second winter with no cladding on the building. Some people living in Gilton House in Brislington have already moved out to stay with relatives or friends […] Click here to view original…
Residents facing second winter in freezing tower block after council ‘mismanaged’ cladding project
Residents of an over-60s council tower block in South Bristol have said how they fear for their own health as many face a second winter with no cladding on the building. Some people living in Gilton House in Brislington have already moved out to stay with relatives or friends […] Click here to view original…
Residents protest over tower block ‘cladding jail’
Residents of the Mill in Ipswich stage the protest outside the buildings administrators At a glance Residents of the Mill in Ipswich protest outside the building’s administrators They said nothing was being done about unsafe cladding and safety issues Owners were unable to sell their properties and were in […] Click here to view original…