Posts Tagged ‘Cladding’
BrumLAG 5 weeks in …
Our last blog post at the beginning of the month was titled “1 week in …”. We had hoped to do a weekly post but things have been happening so fast 4 weeks have got behind us already! Back on the 4th Sophie and Brian recorded a podcast over a few glasses of wine and…
Read MoreCladding insurance may force out residents of tower blocks
Katie Illingworth and her husband, Jim, face having to spend their pension savings on cladding Residents at a Birmingham tower block with flammable cladding must each pay an insurance bill that has quadrupled to £191,000 by next week or move out. Across England, leaseholders in flats with combustible external […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBirmingham 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 MoreWhat can property managers do to ensure tower blocks are fire-safe?
Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the government’s ban on the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings has had a far-reaching impact. Since December 2018, when it issued its guidance covering cladding on blocks of 18m or higher in England and Wales, some valuers […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreLeaseholders 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‘Hyde’s safety campaign was a time of learning – we listened to our residents and what they needed from us’
Sponsored by Aico Inside Housing and Aico’s Resident Safety Campaign seeks to uncover outstanding work by social landlords to raise residents’ awareness of safety issues. Here, we speak to Hyde’s compliance director Liz Oliver Hyde engaged with residents when it replaced the cladding on five of its high-rise blocks […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWork to de-construct Leamington and Horatia House in Portsmouth will cost up to £12m
Portsmouth Councillor Darren Sanders at Leamington House in Earlsdon Street. Picture by: Malcolm Wells (180605-2128) Copyright: JPIMedia Following a ‘more detailed assessment’ Portsmouth City Council is confident the removal of Leamington and Horatia House in Somers Town will cost between £6m and £12m and take around 10 months. Plans […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreLeaseholders ask for funding amid COVID-19 outbreak
A JOINT statement from cladding action groups made up of leaseholders from across the UK have called on the government to help fund interim safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inside Housing reported on the statement from the Birmingham Leasehold Action Group, the Leeds Cladding Scandal group, Manchester Cladiators […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCentral Scotland MSP calls for ban on combustible material in cladding
Graham Simpson, Central Scotland MSP believes thousands of Scots are living in potentially unsafe properties CENTRAL Scotland MSP Graham Simpson is calling for an immediate ban on combustible material in cladding. Mr Simpson, who is the shadow cabinet secretary for housing, has spoken out following a meeting of the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFreeholders attacked over cladding ‘get big windfall’
A recent survey found that insurance costs have increased markedly on many cladding sites The housing secretary has been accused of giving a huge windfall to the owners of residential development freeholds days after attacking them for their response to the flammable cladding crisis. Last week Robert Jenrick announced […] Click here to view original…
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