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Tories on verge of revolt over failure to fix cladding scandal in wake of Grenfell tragedy Leaseholders facing bills of up to £115,000 each to remove dangerous cladding MPs Stephen McPartland and Royston Smith have attacked Government over it They aim to build support for solutions that will stop leaseholders paying out By Miles Dilworth … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of flat owners caught in Grenfell cladding row can finally sell their properties Some homeowners had to get an external fire wall review before selling People could be waiting for months or even years for a surveyor’s assessment Government says the forms will not be needed for buildings without cladding By Holly … Read more
Multi-billion pound firm that supplied Grenfell Tower with flammable cladding shunned a safer version to save money, says judge US company Arconic supplied polyethylene panels through company in France Survivors file lawsuit in US because company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania In court papers they accuse firm of putting lives at risk by supplying the product … Read more
A couple living in a flat with dangerous cladding say their life is ‘on hold’ and they may have to declare bankruptcy due to the £25,000 cost of having it removed. Abi Tubis, 29, of Leeds, is among the thousands of people across the UK who are trapped living in unsafe flats with flammable cladding. … Read more
Homeowners stuck in flats they cannot sell due to a red-tape nightmare are now so desperate they are flogging their properties at enormous discounts. Lenders have been refusing to offer mortgages on tens of thousands of homes after new safety rules were introduced in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. But homeowners say they … Read more
I live in a leasehold flat with dangerous cladding and face a repair bill of £40,000 to get it removed and replaced with safe materials. I’m unable to pay this on top of my mortgage. What happens if I miss my mortgage repayments for several months in a row – will my lender repossess the … Read more
TV property expert Phil Spencer says the Government needs to pay the bill to renovate up to 1.5million homes with unsafe cladding TV property expert Phil Spencer says the Government needs to pay the bill to renovate up to 1.5million homes with unsafe cladding. He said the situation ‘cannot resolve itself’ and that houseowners – … Read more
Tower block timebomb fears as it emerges two in three STILL don’t have safer cladding… more than three years after Grenfell inferno Government pledged safe cladding alternatives after 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy Alternatives to dangerous cladding would be provided on multi-storey buildings by June Little over a third of high-rises with similar cladding have had … Read more
The number of unsafe homes bought with Help to Buy loans has been ‘grossly underestimated’, according to campaigners. Official figures claim that than less than 300 homes covered in unsafe cladding – mainly flats in blocks – were bought using a Help to Buy loan. People who bought homes covered with non-fire retardant cladding are … Read more
The red tape nightmare stopping millions selling their flats: Banks demand proof cladding isn’t a risk – or they will refuse a mortgage Flats owners say they can’t remortgage or sell in wake of the Grenfell Tower fire Concerns over cladding mean lenders want paperwork to prove building is safe Fears up to three million … Read more