One in 10 at-risk high rises still have dangerous cladding
Buildings still in need of remediation concentrated in London and Manchester One in 10 residential high rises identified in the aftermath of the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy are still clad with aluminium composite materials. In total, 48 buildings, largely concentrated around Manchester and Greater London, are have yet to […]Click here to view original web…
Five ways London’s property market can buck Britain’s economic crisis
International buyers are returning to the UK capital but brokers say more can be done to expedite the trend London’s property agents believe more sold signs would appear if stamp-duty taxes were reduced. Bloomberg Despite a pandemic-shaped blip when international buyers dwindled and a small cohort decided that the […] Click here to view original…
Worldwide: How Did The NSW And UK Governments React To Combustible Cladding Following The Grenfell Fire?
Combustible Cladding: London to Sydney The Lacrosse Apartment fire in Melbourne (2014) and the death of 72 people in the Grenfell Tower fire in London (2017) exposed the use of combustible cladding and the regulations in place. Five years after the Grenfell Tower fire, it is important to revisit […] Click here to view original…
Sam Webb obituary
Webb at the Ronan Point tower block in east London, 1986 Sam Webb was vilified, ridiculed and most importantly ignored in 50 years of campaigning to persuade governments to make council tower blocks safer. Talking to the Today programme on the morning after the Grenfell fire in North Kensington, […] Click here to view original…
The cladding scandal victims trapped in microflats: ‘Our baby’s cot is wedged against our bed’
Residents are trapped living in 38sqm flats in west London until a solution is found to pay for the remediation of various fire safety issues within their block Vivian Zhou has been trapped working from home in her 38sqm apartment since the pandemic started (Photo: Supplied) Families say they […] Click here to view original…
the cladding crisis
Families say they are trapped living in tiny, “pocket-sized” flats because their developer is not paying to fix fire safety issues with their building brought to light as a result of the cladding crisis . Defects including dangerous cladding, poorly installed fire doors, and missing fire barriers have been […] Click here to view original…
Wirral businessman to tackle cladding crisis following Grenfell Tower tragedy
Intelligent FS co-founders Rob Williams (right) and Adam Gallagher (left) A BUSINESSMAN from Wirral was handed a £31million government contract to tackle the UK cladding crisis following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017. Rob Williams and Adam Gallagher founded Intelligent FS in 2015, a firm which employs a boutique […] Click here to view original…
London Property Prices London Homes in Financial Districts Saw Double-Digit Price Drops
London’s two major financial districts saw double-digit home price declines even before rising rates threatened to slam the brakes on the property market. House prices in the City of London slumped 17% in the 12 months through June, the biggest of any London borough in the period, according to […] Click here to view original…
Stevenage tower block’s residents have been slapped with £200,000 cladding bills whilst the owner faces
A Stevenage tower block’s residents have been slapped with £200,000 cladding bills whilst the owner faces court action. Following the well-known Grenfell tower fire, checks at Stevenage ‘s 14-storey tall Vista Tower found combustible cladding and flammable insulation, which has led to huge repairs being needed to increase safety […] Click here to view original…
Developers to fix unsafe cladding in tall buildings across Wales
Unsafe cladding will be replaced under the deal Ten developers have agreed to fix fire safety failings in all tall buildings they have worked on in Wales, the Welsh government has announced. The “Developers Pact” applies to buildings over 11 metres (36 ft), around four to six storeys high. […] Click here to view original…
Stevenage tower block’s residents have been slapped with £200,000 cladding bills whilst the owner faces
A Stevenage tower block’s residents have been slapped with £200,000 cladding bills whilst the owner faces court action. Following the well-known Grenfell tower fire, checks at Stevenage ‘s 14-storey tall Vista Tower found combustible cladding and flammable insulation, which has led to huge repairs being needed to increase safety […] Click here to view original…
Tower block owner faces court action as residents hit with £200,000 cladding bills
The Vista Tower in Stevenage The owner of firetrap flats where residents were hit with £200,000 cladding bills faces official action . Checks after the Grenfell disaster found combustible cladding and flammable insulation at the 14-storey Vista Tower in Stevenage, Herts. Residents in its 73 flats received service charge […] Click here to view original…