Cladding
Dragon Steven Bartlett plans ‘money school’ for Grenfell community
Steven Bartlett became involved with people in the Grenfell Tower area after meeting some of those involved with Grenfell Athletic, the football team founded after the fire. Steven Bartlett, the multimillionaire Dragons’ Den investor, is planning a “money school” for the Grenfell Tower community to advise potential entrepreneurs. The […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreHousebuilders have five weeks to agree cladding deal – what does it mean for leaseholders?
Major developers have little more than five weeks to agree to a cladding remediation contract, or face being frozen out of the housing market. The government has issued the ultimatum in an effort to offer greater security to thousands of innocent leaseholders still living in high-rise flats with unsafe […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFlat owner losing sleep over Smithfield developer’s cladding issue leaving 1,000 properties in limbo
A Birmingham leaseholder says he is losing sleep over a developer’s refusal to repair hazardous cladding on his city centre apartments. Steve Gregory, 64, is one of many apartment owners left in limbo by property giant Lendlease’s snub of new government building regulations following the Grenfell Tower disaster in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreSlough Council ‘will recoup’ costs to remove Grenfell-like cladding
Nova House in Buckingham Garden, Slough AN END to the long-running legal dispute to claw back costs for removing dangerous Grenfell-esque cladding on an apartment block is on the horizon. Slough Borough Council is set to recover “very significant,” if not all, of the costs to make the seven-storey […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding work is impacting residents, MP says
Plastic sheeting was put on a block of flats on Patteson Road in Ipswich in October 9 January 2023 More needs to be done to protect residents of high-rise buildings that have unsafe cladding, an MP said. After the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, unsafe materials which pose a […] Click here to view original…
Read More‘Mental torture’: six years after Grenfell, UK residents still live in fear as cladding deal falters
Charlotte Meehan, who is still waiting for her flat to be made safe despite receiving an inspection report in June 2021 concluding it was a fire risk. In June 2021, Charlotte Meehan received a safety inspection report for her block of flats as part of the nationwide checks after […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFlat owner losing sleep over Smithfield developer’s cladding issue leaving 1,000 properties in limbo
A Birmingham leaseholder says he is losing sleep over a developer’s refusal to repair hazardous cladding on his city centre apartments. Steve Gregory, 64, is one of many apartment owners left in limbo by property giant Lendlease’s snub of new government building regulations following the Grenfell Tower disaster in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreHow can we fix the UK’s cladding crisis?
Over the past few years the rules and regulations put in place to keep homeowners in cladded buildings safe have had unintended consequences. Leaseholders have faced issues ranging from being unable to sell or remortgage their homes, through to facing massive bills to employ round the clock fire wardens. […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding: Residents demand action to make fire-risk homes safe
Round-the-clock fire wardens are patrolling the site at Glasgow’s Lancefield Quay following safety concerns. Abhijeet Kadwe owns property at Lancefield Quay in Glasgow. By Sharon Frew , Residents of a Glasgow apartment complex say the Scottish Government and developers need to make their homes safe after delays in replacing […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBalfour and Travelodge settle £800,000 dispute
Balfour Beatty is on site at the Swansea Travelodge Balfour Beatty is on site carrying out work on a Travelodge hotel after an £800,000 dispute over alleged combustible cladding and other defects was settled. In 2020, Construction News revealed that Travelodge was suing Balfour over what it said were […] Click here to view original…
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