Birmingham leaseholders facing first cladding bill

Birmingham leaseholders facing first cladding bill

LEASEHOLDERS IN the Islington Gates development in central Birmingham still have to pay between £7,000 and £19,000 cladding removal bills, despite many losing jobs in the COVID-19 outbreak. Earlier this month , over 140 leaseholders in Islington Gates were given bills of up to £100,000 to be paid in […] Click here to view original…

Read More

Leaseholders face £19,000 cladding bills next month amid coronavirus crisis

Leaseholders face £19,000 cladding bills next month amid coronavirus crisis

Leaseholders living in a block in Birmingham, who are already facing financial hardship due to coronavirus, must pay up to £19,000 in just two weeks or risk being forced out of their homes. Islington Gates residents have been given bills of up to £19,000 (picture: Google Street View) Sharelines […] Click here to view original…

Read More

Profession faces PI insurance ‘horror story’ over fire risk, architect warns

The architecture profession is facing a ‘horror story’ over professional indemnity insurance covering fire risk, a Leeds-based architect has warned Mark Hide of Mark Hide Associates has been insured via the RIBA Insurance Agency for the past 13 years but can no longer obtain professional indemnity insurance that covers […] Click here to view original…

Read More

Families facing homelessness or paying millions in Grenfell cladding scandal

St George’s Building in Leeds that has the same cladding as Grenfell tower. Heartbroken families are facing eviction or bankruptcy if they cannot cough up millions to pay for the removal of potentially lethal Grenfell-style cladding on their homes. Some 1,000 days after the June 2017 tragedy – which […] Click here to view original…

Read More