Bournemouth residents hit out at cladding chaos at flats

CLADDING chaos has pushed residents to the brink after years of building work attracts trespassers, rodents and “serious health and safety concerns”. Berry Court , in St Peter’s Road in Bournemouth, was deemed a flagship property filled with “high quality” homes at its grand opening in 2018. However, six […] Click here to view original…

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EXCLUSIVEDo YOU live in one of Britain’s unsellable homes? Thousands of residents stuck in ‘worthless’ flats due to dangerous Grenfell-style cladding as developers leave 700 tower blocks at risk… a year after promising to fix more than a THOUSAND

Developers have not started fixing dangerous cladding on 71% of dangerous flats They promised to pay to remove flammable cladding last year after Gov pressure | Updated: 04:41 EDT, 16 March 2024 shares 110 View comments London Michael Gove Share or comment on this article: Do YOU live in […] Click here to view original…

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General Insurance Article – Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility finalised

Reinsurance support is now in place to launch the Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility (the Facility) from 1 April 2024, in an industry intervention to help improve the availability of insurance for certain buildings with combustible cladding and other fire safety issues. The Facility has been established by (re)insurance broker […] Click here to view original…

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Cardiff set to approve £25m re-cladding project

3 hours Cardiff Council is preparing to move on to phase two of its post Grenfell tower block remediation works. Nelson House, Butetown [Seth Whales/Creative Commons] Plans for a £25m investment in two blocks of flats in the Butetown are of the city are in the pipeline as part […] Click here to view original…

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Cladding law changes ‘too slow’ – campaigners

Image caption, The owners of Skyline Chambers in Manchester were taken to a tribunal by the government under the Building Safety Act. Phil McCann BBC News, Manchester Published13 March 2024 Owners of flats in buildings with unsafe cladding and safety defects say they still face “life-changing costs” despite a […] Click here to view original…

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Greenwich Premier Inn applies to have combustible cladding removed

The Premier Inn hotel on Greenwich High Road (Credit: Google Earth) A hotel in Greenwich has sent plans to remove combustible cladding from its building following assessments made after the Grenfell Tower fire. Premier Inn on Greenwich High Road has sent an application to the council to have combustible […] Click here to view original…

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Cladding law changes ‘too slow’ – campaigners

Image caption, The owners of Skyline Chambers in Manchester were taken to a tribunal by the government under the Building Safety Act. Phil McCann BBC News, Manchester Published13 March 2024, 10:50 GMT Owners of flats in buildings with unsafe cladding and safety defects say they still face “life-changing costs” […] Click here to view original…

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Flat owners saved from massive insurance bills that soared after Grenfell

Flat owners in buildings affected by Grenfell-style cladding will see their insurance premiums fall as a result of a new industry scheme to tackle eye-watering bills. The Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility will reduce costs for individual flat owners – saving some thousands of pounds a year. Leaseholders in flats […] Click here to view original…

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