Cladding

Housebuilders are yet to sign a contract with the Government almost six months after they agreed to a pledge to fix any dangerous buildings that they developed Charlotte Meehan is trapped living in a dangerous one-bedroom flat in Bow, East London (Photo: supplied) People living in homes caught up […] Click here to view original…

The Housing Secretary has warned insurers they face a crackdown on “immoral” kickbacks after leaseholders in apartment blocks were hit with ruinous policy bills in the wake of the Grenfell fire. Writing in the Telegraph, Simon Clarke on Wednesday accused the industry of “appalling practices” that lacked transparency and […] Click here to view original…

A man is believed to have fallen to his death after climbing out of a window to escape a fire at a tower block in Bristol. Emergency services were called to the blaze on the top floor of Twinnell House on Wills Drive, off Stapleton Road, in Easton, shortly […] Click here to view original…

It’s been just over five years since a tower block fire in Kensington killed 72 people. The Grenfell tragedy prompted a reckoning in building standards in the UK that is still ongoing, and no clearer evidence of this can be found in listed housebuilders’ latest set of results. This […] Click here to view original…

Insurers’ reluctance to cover buildings with flammable cladding has resulted in soaring premiums for affected leaseholders – including thousands of landlords – since the Grenfell tragedy, a new report has found. Buyers, including property managing agents and freeholders, are finding it more difficult to get insurance, according to t […] Click here to view original…

Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clark sets out his commitment to building safety and protecting leaseholders We have a new and reinvigorated government in Westminster. A government ready to roll up its sleeves and put in the hard graft so that the future of this country is bright and prosperous. […] Click here to view original…

People living in blocks of flats could receive greater protections from high insurance costs under moves by the City regulator to improve how the buildings insurance market operates. A cross-industry risk-sharing scheme could be set up to limit the risk to individual insurers posed by buildings affected by flammable […] Click here to view original…

News Upper Grenfell Tower. Photo by ChiralJon,s licensed under CC BY 2.0 Welsh Liberal Democrats have called on the Welsh Government to publicly name and shame property developers that are refusing sort out buildings affected by the cladding and building safety crisis in the wake of the Grenfell disaster. […] Click here to view original…

People living in blocks of flats could receive greater protections from high insurance costs, under moves by the City regulator to improve how the buildings insurance market operates (Steve Parsons/PA) People living in blocks of flats could receive greater protections from high insurance costs under moves by the City […] Click here to view original…

People living in blocks of flats could receive greater protections from high insurance costs under moves by the City regulator to improve how the buildings insurance market operates. A cross-industry risk-sharing scheme could be set up to limit the risk to individual insurers posed by buildings affected by flammable […] Click here to view original…