Property News · January 14, 2019

Tower block residents 'ill with stress' over combustible cladding


Leaseholders at building in London face having to pay £70,000 each to make it safeResidents in a tower block that is wrapped with combustible cladding say they are facing possible bankruptcy and are falling ill with stress after the building owner and its developer refused to pay £4m to make their homes safe.They are among tens of thousands of people across England known to be still living in private apartment buildings wrapped in similar material to that which spread the Grenfell Tower fire 19 months ago. The latest government figures show that cladding on only five of 176 privately owned towers identified has been replaced amid ongoing disputes between ministers, councils and building owners over who should pay. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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