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Jewellery Quarter flat owners slapped with bills up to £100,000 to replace flammable cladding
Leaseholders of Islington Gates have been told to replace the cladding which covers their building Residents of a Birmingham apartment block feel “trapped” after being slapped with bills for up to £100,000 to replace flammable cladding. More than 140 leaseholders at Islington Gates in the Jewellery Quarter have been […] Click here to view original…
Read More‘On the brink’: Birmingham leaseholders protest over ‘life-changing’ costs to remove cladding
A group of leaseholders from Birmingham are calling out the Government for the “unfair targeting” of them with the costs of cladding removal. Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government has covered the costs of removing certain types of cladding from buildings, However, for other leaseholders, the type of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding victims now being hit by insurance hikes, reports BBC R4 You and Yours
Birmingham’s Islington Gates is one of the cladding sites where leaseholders have been stung by a surge in insurance premiums this year By Harry Scoffin The cladding crisis has rippled through the insurance market, with leasehold tenants in dangerous apartment buildings “being hammered” by “inflated bills”, BBC Radio 4’s […] Click here to view original…
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