Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
Nicola Sturgeon’s constituents in cladding insurance fight
More than 100 structures over 18 metres tall in Scotland are believed to have been clad with materials such as aluminium composite, which fuelled the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 Thousands of residents across Scotland, including in Nicola Sturgeon’s constituency, are fighting to insure their homes amid concerns over […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew campaign group formed to represent property owners with ‘Grenfell style’ high-rise cladding
A new campaign group has been set up to ‘give voice’ to people in Scotland affected by a combination of UK and Scottish law which has left thousands of people across the country unable to sell their property. The High Rise Scotland Action Group (HRSAG) will represent residents, owners […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGrenfell style ACM cladding being removed from six blocks at Glasgow Harbour
(2) Work has starting to remove potentially dangerous cladding form tower blocks at Glasgow Harbour. Six blocks, including the two tallest on the riverside, are to have the ACM (aluminium composite material) cladding removed and replaced with non combustible solid aluminium cladding. The ACM was the type of cladding […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCommons nods through Fire Safety Bill, amid plenty of grumbling by veteran MPs from all parties
Sir Mike Penning, Tory MP for Hemel Hempstead and a former fire minister, fumed at the Fire Safety Bill’s implications for leaseholders, who “should not have the burden, which is currently on them all the time, day in, day out” By Harry Scoffin The first new law on fire […] 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 MoreThousands of Scots living in ‘unsellable’ homes post-Grenfell
Cladding has been found on hundreds of buildings in the UK since the Grenfell fire – P/A By Alistair Grant THOUSANDS of Scots are living in properties they cannot sell as a result of post-Grenfell cladding issues. MSPs heard apartment blocks in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee are among those […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWhy the property sector and politicians must unite to help flatowners left in limbo by cladding
Derek MacDonald, joint Managing Director of Newton Property Management BS8414. Remember this number. It’s the British Safety testing standard that is on the lips of a growing number of flatowners in Scotland as they digest the fact that their properties have a mortgage value of precisely zero. The number […] Click here to view original…
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