27 firms secure place on £20m fire safety framework

A wide range of businesses have secured a place on a major framework aimed at safeguarding social housing and public buildings and their occupiers. This follows a competitive process conducted by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) to invite a pool of businesses to tender for a place on its […] Click here to view original…

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27 firms secure a spot on vital £20m fire safety framework

A WIDE range of businesses have secured a place on a major eight-figure framework aimed at safeguarding social housing and public buildings and their occupiers. This follows a competitive process conducted by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) to invite a pool of businesses to tender for a place on […] Click here to view original…

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‘It’s been hell’: One homeowner’s battle to sell her flat with cladding

Stacey Greenfield has not been able to sell her flat due to cladding issues (photo: supplied) When Stacey Greenfield bought her home in April 2017 -a spacious two-bedroom flat in a new development in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire she didn’t imagine that, seven years later, she’d be asking her solicitor […] Click here to view original…

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Crown Heights: Residents worried about cladding after fire

“WE don’t see this being taken seriously”. Those are the words of fearful residents living in an apartment block in Basingstoke which has potentially dangerous cladding. It comes after firefighters were called to two incidents in a week – resulting in some residents being evacuated. People living in Crown […] Click here to view original…

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Flat residents hopeful as cladding work agreed

Image caption, Flat ownerJulian Bradbrook said it was “the first big positive move” since the issues were revealed Richard Daniel BBC News, Suffolk Katy Prickett BBC News, Suffolk Published16 April 2024 A man who owns a flat in a waterfront development blighted by structural and fire safety issues said […] Click here to view original…

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Agents refusing to sell cladding hit homes, claims campaigner

Leasehold campaigners are calling for evidence of mortgages being refused as ground rents and service charges are too high following the cladding scandal. The leaseholder group from Birmingham has also appealed for case studies of estate agents refusing to list flats in cladded blocks. BrumLAG (Birmingham Leaseholder Action Group) […] Click here to view original…

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Thousands trapped in flats with Grenfell-style cladding ‘scammed’ by insurers

Exclusive: Residents unable to sell homes in blocks built with cladding deemed ‘safe’ seven years after Grenfell fire disaster – as insurance companies accused of profiteering by hiking premiums by up to 1,000% Thousands of residents trapped in homes with Grenfell-style cladding that they cannot sell are being “scammed” […] Click here to view original…

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2,000 social housing blocks affected by ‘life-critical’ problems

Image: Alex Danila / Shutterstock.com. Almost 2,000 social housing blocks in England have ‘life-critical’ problems with their external cladding, according to official data. Government figures show that 1,911 social housing blocks above 11 metres in height had been assessed as having ‘life-critical fire safety defects’ linked to their external […] Click here to view original…

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