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England still has 17 occupied high-rise buildings with no plan to remove ACM cladding
Cladding remediation works have also slowed in September despite lifting of lockdown restrictions There are still 17 occupied high-rise residential buildings in England that have no plan in place to remove their flammable cladding more than three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. The housing ministry’s building safety update […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCouple living in a flat with dangerous cladding say they may have to declare bankruptcy due to the £25,000 cost of removing it – and fear it means they’ll never be able to start a family
A couple living in a flat with dangerous cladding say their life is ‘on hold’ and they may have to declare bankruptcy due to the £25,000 cost of having it removed. Abi Tubis, 29, of Leeds, is among the thousands of people across the UK who are trapped living […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGreenhalgh to dump ‘affordable’ cladding bills on leaseholders, which they were promised AGAIN and AGAIN would not happen …
And this is from the minister in whom we invest our hopes for leasehold reform … For the first time in three years a government minister has said that the cladding bills will land on leaseholders, but they will have to be “affordable”. Up until now, all previous ministers […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreDangerous cladding removed from less than half Southwark’s affected blocks
Less than half have had cladding removed L&Q’s Arch Street – residents had to move out in 2019 during remedial work after fire safety problems were identified. Residents in other blocks around the country have not even had work begin. More than three years after the Grenfell tower disaster […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding dangers discovered at Suffolk’s tallest building before Grenfell ‘kept quiet’, worried tenants claim
A fire expert warned that parts of The Mill, Ipswich, was wrapped in combustible cladding back in 2014, it can be revealed Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN Flat owners have spoken of their fear at living in Ipswich Waterfront apartments wrapped in combustible cladding – and claim safety problems were […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreI live in a block of flats with dangerous cladding and can’t afford the potential £40,000 bill to get it removed, what can I do?
I live in a leasehold flat with dangerous cladding and face a repair bill of £40,000 to get it removed and replaced with safe materials. I’m unable to pay this on top of my mortgage. What happens if I miss my mortgage repayments for several months in a row […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreForced to sell their homes at any price: Banks refuse to mortgage flats over cladding fears in the wake of the Grenfell fire
Homeowners stuck in flats they cannot sell due to a red-tape nightmare are now so desperate they are flogging their properties at enormous discounts. Lenders have been refusing to offer mortgages on tens of thousands of homes after new safety rules were introduced in the wake of the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBuilding safety minister criticised after he says leaseholders will have to pay some cladding costs
Residents trapped in blocks with dangerous cladding have reacted angrily to comments from the building safety minister after he said the government expects leaseholders to pay for some of the remediation costs to make their buildings safe… Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Read MoreCladding fears following Grenfell
A Leeds flat owner campaigning to remove Grenfell Tower-type cladding believes the government is “pretending to listen” to millions of people trapped in accommodation that is a fire risk. In 2017 account manager Abigail Tubis and her husband spent £164,000 on their two-bedroomed city centre property, believing it would […] Click here to view original…
Read More1,000 people including 700 students told to leave homes in London tower blocks immediately over cladding & safety fears
ABOUT 1,000 people are being asked to “immediately” quit their homes in six London tower blocks amid cladding and building safety fears. Residents of the flats in the Paragon estate in Brentford, including nearly 700 students, will be offered alternative accommodation until the buildings are declared safe. The Paragon […] Click here to view original…
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