Cladding

(Shutterstock / Artem Yampolcev) At six months old Maeve Jenkins is one of the youngest victims of the cladding crisis. Her first home is a one bedroom flat in Isleworth , west London, which her parents, Rob Jenkins, 31, and Katherine James, 32, spent £360,000 on buying in February […] Click here to view original…

At six months old Maeve Jenkins is one of the youngest victims of the cladding crisis. Her first home is a one bedroom flat in Isleworth , west London, which her parents, Rob Jenkins, 31, and Katherine James, 32, spent £360,000 on buying in February 2017. The couple had […] Click here to view original…

(Shutterstock / Artem Yampolcev) At six months old Maeve Jenkins is one of the youngest victims of the cladding crisis. Her first home is a one bedroom flat in Isleworth , west London, which her parents, Rob Jenkins, 31, and Katherine James, 32, spent £360,000 on buying in February […] Click here to view original…

The Housing Secretary has sent a warning to cladding shareholders of “severe consequences” for manufacturers if they do not bring forward comprehensive remediation packages. Shareholders in three cladding companies, whose shocking practices were uncovered in evidence heard at the Grenfell Inquiry, have been warned by the government that the […] Click here to view original…

‘Almost 5m homes are still vulnerable to acquisitive freeholders.’ The leasehold system of property ownership in England and Wales is a feudal relic, a hangover from the middle ages when powerful families wanted to retain ownership of their land while maximising their earnings from it. In recent years it […] Click here to view original…

Cladding at Sunderland’s Echo 24 building has deemed at risk By Jim Scott BBC News Hundreds of residents living in a city centre block of flats have been told the building’s cladding is a fire risk. A “waking watch” – meaning the building is monitored every hour of the […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove says Count Luca Padulli, top left, who has an estate in Barton Bendish, Norfolk, and owns the Quebec block of flats in Manchester, is avoiding liability From his 16th-century moated estate in Norfolk, Count Luca Padulli sits upon a business empire that includes as much UK farmland […] Click here to view original…

The scheme (right) was approved at appeal last year. Credit: via planning documents A proposed 28-storey building will lose 5% of its planned rooms as the developer looks to meet the demands of emerging fire safety legislation. Fusion’s Deansgate South student scheme in Manchester – which was granted planning […] Click here to view original…

Supporters of leasehold reform protesting outside the Houses of Parliament in 2021. What is leasehold? Given that they have paid large sums for their homes, leaseholders might be surprised to find that they are in a landlord and tenant relationship with the freeholder. The rights and obligations on both […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove says Count Luca Padulli, top left, who has an estate in Barton Bendish, Norfolk, and owns the Quebec block of flats in Manchester, is avoiding liability From his 16th-century moated estate in Norfolk, Count Luca Padulli sits upon a business empire that includes as much UK farmland […] Click here to view original…