Cladding
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…
Read MoreWe live in firetrap tower block & were hit with £200k service charge despite owner not making repairs – it’s outrageous
RESIDENTS in a firetrap tower block were hit with a £200,000 service charge despite the owner failing to make repairs. Flat owners and tenants complained that they should not be made to pay extra just for their 14-storey building to be safe. Vista Tower, where residents were hit with […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding bill prisoners could finally be released
Sophie Bichener faced the highest building-safety bill in Britain For the past three years, Sophie Bichener, 30, has been living with what she describes as a “noose around my neck”. The marketing manager moved into her first home in Hertfordshire shortly before the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, […] Click here to view original…
Read MorePrescot man sentenced following large-scale building cladding fraud investigation
A Prescot man has been sentenced for 15-months, suspended for two years, following a large-scale investigation into fraudulently signed building cladding safety forms. Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing and was sentenced today (Wednesday 28 September) at Liverpool Crown Court. Clarke was also given a […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding bill prisoners could finally be released
Sophie Bichener faced the highest building-safety bill in Britain For the past three years, Sophie Bichener, 30, has been living with what she describes as a “noose around my neck”. The marketing manager moved into her first home in Hertfordshire shortly before the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWe live in firetrap tower block & were hit with £200k service charge despite owner not making repairs – it’s outrageous
RESIDENTS in a firetrap tower block were hit with a £200,000 service charge despite the owner failing to make repairs. Flat owners and tenants complained that they should not be made to pay extra just for their 14-storey building to be safe. Vista Tower, where residents were hit with […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreTower 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…
Read MoreDevelopers to fix unsafe cladding in tall buildings across Wales
Image caption, 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 […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreDevelopers 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…
Read MoreMinisters accused of lack of action over cladding
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. Unsafe cladding and other fire safety failings are […] Click here to view original…
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