Cladding

Building safety strengthened following Grenfell Tower tragedy People with concerns about unsafe cladding in their properties can apply to a £10 million fund to have their building assessed. The funding will be available to owners to have relevant buildings assessed, regardless of whether the property is privately owned or […] Click here to view original…

A shared owner is fearing a £50,000 cladding bill as his building does not fall under protections in the Defective Premises Act. Tom DeRonde’s block in Luton has combustible insulation and missing cavity barriers (picture: Google Street View) Sharelines A shared owner is fearing a £50,000 cladding bill as […] Click here to view original…

A leaseholder is fearing a £50,000 cladding bill as his building does not fall under protections in the Defective Premises Act. Tom DeRonde’s block in Luton has combustible insulation and missing cavity barriers (picture: Google Street View) Sharelines A leaseholder is fearing a £50,000 cladding bill as his building […] Click here to view original…

Eight years on from the Grenfell fire, a report from the Committee of Public Accounts has found residents and taxpayers are still facing unacceptable levels of uncertainty, a lack of action in resolving the cladding crisis and unsaleable properties. The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding report states: “MHCLG’s (Ministry of […] Click here to view original…

The Scottish Conservatives blast the SNP for failing to remove dangerous cladding from buildings in Scotland. The SNP recently announced a £10 million fund to assess cladding on buildings, with funding available regardless of whether the property is privately owned or social housing. An extension of this scheme is […] Click here to view original…

People with concerns about unsafe cladding in their properties can apply to a £10 million fund to have their building assessed. The funding will be available to owners to have relevant buildings assessed, regardless of whether the property is privately owned or social housing. A further extension of this […] Click here to view original…

A sector body has called the Scottish government’s launch of a £10m fund for owner-occupiers whose homes have unsafe cladding “fundamentally wrong”, as it leaves social housing tenants without a clear path for remediation. Picture: Victoria Spokojna/Unsplash Sharelines Scottish sector body calls new £10m fund for unsafe cladding ‘fundamentally […] Click here to view original…

People with concerns about unsafe cladding in their properties can apply to a £10 million fund to have their building assessed. The funding will be available to owners to have relevant buildings assessed, regardless of whether the property is privately owned or social housing. A further extension of this […] Click here to view original…

Eight years have passed since 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower disaster The Scottish government has been accused of making “painfully slow” progress on removing unsafe cladding from buildings. It came as ministers announced plans to speed up efforts to inspect and repair buildings in response to the […] Click here to view original…

72 people died following the Grenfell Tower fire The SNP Government is under pressure to explain just where nearly £100m of money handed to it to pay for cladding remediation by Westminster has been spent. Under fire Housing Minister Paul McLennan was told that he should be “ashamed” at […] Click here to view original…