Posts Tagged ‘waking watch’
Britain’s biggest building society Nationwide speaks out on cladding fire safety risk scandal – and how it will help owners get moving again
Britain’s biggest building society Nationwide has spoken out on what it is doing to help flat owners in blocks with cladding-related fire safety defects, who are struggling to remortgage or move home. These leaseholders are required to have what is known as an EWS1 form to prove their building […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFire marshals patrol Ipswich flats 24/7 amid cladding fears
Cardinal Lofts, in Ipswich where there are concerns about the cladding Picture: Archant Fire marshals are patrolling an Ipswich Waterfront tower block 24 hours a day after inspectors raised fears about fire safety. Sarah Cushion has a buy-let-flat in Cardinal Lofts. Photo: Sarah Cushion But the move has left […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreHuge ‘waking watch’ fees to stop Grenfell-style fires are ‘a national scandal’, Cabinet minister says
Hundreds of buildings are still wrapped in cladding – after government promises to remove it were broken The “outrageous fees” charged by firms patrolling buildings at risk of a Grenfell -style fire are “a national scandal” and must be cut, a Cabinet minister says. Robert Jenrick attacked the charges […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents ‘on a knife edge’ as fireworks let off near combustible cladding
Fireworks go off outside a block of flats in Manchester, filmed by resident Stephen Squires (right) Residents were left “on a knife edge” after fireworks were let off outside their block of flats on Bonfire Night, shortly after they had been told they had combustible cladding on the building. […] 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 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 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 MoreNumber of tower blocks in London with 24-hour fire patrol doubles
image captionGrenfell Tower fire in June 2017 where 72 people died The number of blocks of flats in London which require round-the-clock monitoring due to potentially unsafe building materials has nearly doubled in seven months, the fire service said. The London Fire Brigade, which makes fortnightly checks on the […] 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 MoreBritish homeowners face bankruptcy, homelessness
When single mother Timea scraped together enough money to buy a two-bedroom flat in London, she looked forward to providing her son with the security of their own home. But two years later, Timea and thousands of other homeowners in Britain face bankruptcy and homelessness due to the cost […] Click here to view original…
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