Posts Tagged ‘non-ACM’
Bristol couple stuck with £700k London flat they can’t sell – because of its cladding
Becky’s family outside their London flat A couple who live in Bristol could be stuck with a London flat they do not want for years – due to the cladding used when building it. Becky and Jamie moved from London to Bristol in June this year, but have been […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFlat worth £0 due to flammable cladding forces couple to delay starting family
Abigail Tubis, 30, and her husband tried to sell their flat and move out last year (Picture: Chris Leah) A young couple have been unable to start a family after discovering their first home is worthless due to a number of fire safety issues – including flammable cladding. Abigail […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFeature: Flat owners caught in mortgage trap
The Grenfell fire tragedy of June 2017, in which 72 people died, has highlighted fire safety issues with thousands of blocks of flats, exposed decades of lax building controls, and shone a light on a construction sector that focused on building properties fast and cheap. The fire spread quickly […] Click here to view original…
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 More‘People could lose their flat and everything that they’ve ever put into it’ – Leaseholders’ concern over cladding costs
Three years on from the Grenfell tragedy, 145 private and social high-rise buildings in London, which includes at least 10,000 dwellings, still have the same Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding in place as Grenfell. These figures, relating to the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding in England, were released […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreMy family died in Grenfell Tower fire tragedy – now I’m terrified for others living in deathtraps they can’t sell
EVERY time Nabil Choucair shuts his eyes, he’s haunted by the image of his family’s home – a flat on the 22nd floor of Grenfell Tower – going up in flames. Nabil, 46, lost his mother, sister, brother-in-law and his three young nieces aged 13, 10 and three in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreManchester tower block residents ineligible for £1bn recladding fund
Residents of a Manchester tower block facing bills of thousands of pounds to fix dangerous cladding have been dealt “a massive blow” after finding out they are ineligible to apply for the government’s new £1bn building safety fund. The fund, which was officially launched on Tuesday , excludes remediation […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreApplications for government’s £1bn fund to remove unsafe cladding open next week
Applications for the government’s £1bn fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings will open on Monday. More than half a million people in England and Wales could be living in homes with unsafe cladding, analysis by industry body the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) said in February. […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe dangers of living in lockdown in flats covered with flammable cladding
Ritu Saha, of Bromley in south London, is living in a building with flammable cladding during lockdown (Picture: Cladding Action Group) A woman living in a block of flats which could go up in flames at any moment has described how its residents feel ‘completely trapped’ during the coronavirus […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew £1 billion building safety fund to remove dangerous cladding from high rise buildings
Building owners urged to register for the government’s £1 billion fund to remove and replace unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings. Fund takes total government funding for cladding remediation to £1.6 billion Sprinkler systems to be provided in all new blocks of high-rise residential buildings over 11 […] Click here to view original…
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