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Grenfell cladding scandal exposed as 1.5million trapped in fire risk hell
Rhiannon Creasey faced £45,000 after her block failed a safety test. She is pictured outside the North London block where she bought her apartment after construction was completed in 2014. A recent survey shows the cladding on the building does not pass fire safety checks and could cost millions […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreConcerns raised over mental health impact of Welsh cladding scandal
Campaigners have raised concerns over the mental health impact on residents living in buildings with combustible cladding. Thousands of people across Wales live in buildings wrapped in dangerous cladding or with other fire safety issues, according to the Wales Leaseholder Action Group. […] Click here to view original web page at www.walesonline.co.uk
Read MoreCladding: Forged signatures on more flats’ fire certificates
A forged signature was found on a fire safety certificate for Century Wharf near Cardiff Bay At least 15 more forged fire safety certificates have been linked to a company in Caerphilly county. Responding to concerns of fraudulent EWS1 forms raised in the Senedd, the first minister said police […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreTrue extent of city region’s cladding problems still unknown three years after Grenfell
Some buildings in Liverpool have had Grenfell-style ACM cladding removed already, but the full extent of the flammable cladding problem is still not known. […] Click here to view original web page at www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
Read MoreSheffield couple who moved into perfect first home now ‘trapped in dangerous apartment’
Lauren Steel, 37, and her partner are unable to sell their apartment in Kelham Mills, Kelham Island because they claim their managing agent, Derwent Living, won’t provide them with an ESW1 form that lenders are now requesting before approving funds. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors brought in the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBarnet MP steps up campaign on unsafe building cladding
MP for Hendon Dr Matthew Offord has been campaigning on cladding An MP has stepped up his campaign to help thousands of people “trapped” in homes they are unable to sell due to unsafe cladding. MP for Hendon Dr Matthew Offord has launched a petition calling on the Government […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBalcony smoking ban at Glasgow flats over Grenfell cladding fears
The report on Lancefield Quay highlights worrying concerns Smoking and candles have been banned from balconies of a Glasgow block of flats over ‘ Grenfell Tower ‘ cladding fears. Residents have been warned that a simple cigarette butt could be “highly dangerous” after a report classified 22 points as […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGrenfell-style cladding finally being replaced at luxury Cabot Circus high-rise
Grenfell-like cladding encasing a luxury Bristol apartment block is finally coming off, three years after it was identified as a potential fire risk. […] Click here to view original web page at www.bristolpost.co.uk
Read MoreRemember Grenfell? Of course you do. Thousands of millennials are still living in flats surrounded by dangerous cladding and trapped in mortgage prisons as a result
It has been three years since the Grenfell tragedy which caused the deaths of 72 people in West London. The fire started in a fridge-freezer on the fourth floor of the 24 storey building and quickly spread throughout the whole of the tower block which housed 350 people. An […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreScammers hijack EWS1 process with fake cladding inspection forms
Leaseholders are being duped into paying thousands of pounds to fraudsters faking inspection forms amid concerns over fire safety. Which? has evidence that at least one firm has issued fake External Wall Survey (EWS1) forms to several apartment buildings across the country. The forged forms, used to confirm whether […] Click here to view original…
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