Posts Tagged ‘ProfessionalPress’
Cladding scandal: is it safe to invest in a new-build high rise?
It’s been more than two years since the Grenfell Tower disaster, and a lot’s changed in the construction industry, but the repercussions are still being felt by many high-rise residents. Across England, thousands of owners of flats in high-rise buildings are currently in limbo, unable to remortgage or sell […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe Grenfell fallout
The scale of the cladding crisis is thought to affect up to 500,000 people nationwide, and we are collaborating with other sector groups and organisations to request a multi-billion-pound fund to remediate unsafe buildings. The fallout from the Grenfell tragedy has proved to be a difficult time for property […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreUnite reveals £20m cost of replacing HPL cladding
Waverley House, one of six Unite buildings where ACM cladding has been replaced Unite said it had completed replacement work on all buildings fitted with Grenfell-style ACM cladding and had now turned to assessing the extent of HPL cladding on its estate. The Ministry of Housing has advised that […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreHigh-rise residents warn worries over fire safety causing mental distress
A survey of residents living in high-rise buildings in Manchester has found fire safety risks are damaging their mental health and wellbeing. The report, published by the Greater Manchester High-Rise Task Force, found seven in 10 residents are worried about a fire in their building. They said the worry […] 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…
Read MoreCladding Nightmare Causes Reducing Saleable Housing Stock
Up to 200,000 homes have been left unsaleable because of unsafe cladding. As the Government scramble to rectify the cladding nightmare enveloping the nation, homeowners have been left stranded in their dangerous homes as stakeholders in the property sector argue over who should take accountability and responsibility for the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCommons question confirms on-going Non ACM fire risk results
None of the materials so far subject to on-going Non ACM tests present a fire hazard like that of ACM, Housing Minister Esther McVey has said. McVey was responding to a written Commons question from Labour’s Steve Reed asking what direct experimental information the Independent Expert Panel relied on […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFIA’s External Wall Fire Review (EWFR) Requires Residential Buildings To Undergo Professional Fire Safety Assessments
In a post-Grenfell world there is clearly, and rightly so, a focus on the fire safety of high-rise buildings – especially in the residential sector. Yet this focus has answered as many questions as it has made new ones, particularly for the construction and fire industries. As reported in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFIA Gives Grenfall Tower Fire Investigation Update – Firms Not Ready To Give Evidence Without Promise Of Immunity
The firms, ranging from the architects Studio E, current and former staff at the main contractor Rydon, the TMO and Harley Facades, which are being investigated for their involvement in the Grenfell Tower Fire of 2017 that resulted in the death of 72 people, want a guarantee from Attorney […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreProperty cladding:thousands of homeowners stuck in worthless and potentially unsafe flats more than two years on from Grenfell
The first inkling James Rollings and his girlfriend Rachel Priest had that there was a problem with their flat was when they put it on the market last summer. At first their plan to move to a bigger home seemed to be going well. They found both a buyer […] Click here to view original…
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