Cladding

Earlier this month regulations under the Building Safety Act 2022 giving effect to the Government’s “Responsible Actors Scheme” were passed into law. These regulations, and the Developer Remediation Contracts which have been entered into as a result of them (the “ DRCs ”), form a central plank of the […] Click here to view original…

Development or block owners, known as freeholders, can decide what terms to put in leases and what to charge homeowners The leasehold system dates back to medieval times (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire) Buying a leasehold property can save you money and means you do not have to worry about […] Click here to view original…

Gowling WLG has recently advised a tenant seeking to address their landlord’s poor management of the building. The key issues included inadequate handling of service charge budgets, incomplete accounts, unapproved expenditure, failure to repair and failure to carry out cladding and other fire safety remediation. Before the Building Safety […] Click here to view original…

Residents of an over-60s council tower block in South Bristol have said how they fear for their own health as many face a second winter with no cladding on the building. Some people living in Gilton House in Brislington have already moved out to stay with relatives or friends […] Click here to view original…

Like it? Share it! Residents claim that things are getting worse in their tower block. 18 July 2023 Fire Doors Fire Engineering FD&A Fire Risk Assessment Residents of a South Bristol council tower block for people over 60 have expressed their concern for their own health as many face […] Click here to view original…

Residents of an over-60s council tower block in South Bristol have said how they fear for their own health as many face a second winter with no cladding on the building. Some people living in Gilton House in Brislington have already moved out to stay with relatives or friends […] Click here to view original…

Residents of an over-60s council tower block in South Bristol have said how they fear for their own health as many face a second winter with no cladding on the building. Some people living in Gilton House in Brislington have already moved out to stay with relatives or friends […] Click here to view original…

Residents of the Mill in Ipswich stage the protest outside the buildings administrators At a glance Residents of the Mill in Ipswich protest outside the building’s administrators They said nothing was being done about unsafe cladding and safety issues Owners were unable to sell their properties and were in […] Click here to view original…

Cladding-hit flat owner Donna Williams sees mortgage deal end next month She faces paying an extra £1,500 a month on an SVR while she tries to sell A flat owner risks being burdened with a 9.34 per cent mortgage rate, as she cannot sell her property due to unsafe […] Click here to view original…

A flat owner risks being burdened with a 9.34 per cent mortgage rate, as she cannot sell her property due to unsafe cladding and can’t switch lender. Donna Williams owns a flat in Berkshire with fire-risk cladding and the current fixed-rate deal on her mortgage ends later this month. […] Click here to view original…