{"id":148564,"date":"2024-12-22T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cladding-mould-75000-charges-welcome-to-life-in-a-british-leasehold-flat\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T09:25:27","slug":"cladding-mould-75000-charges-welcome-to-life-in-a-british-leasehold-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cladding-mould-75000-charges-welcome-to-life-in-a-british-leasehold-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cladding, mould, \u00a375,000 charges \u2013 welcome to life in a British leasehold flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nResidents of a blighted London block have been trapped in their homes by a swirl of events, as government attempts to reform the law drag onFor many of the residents of Mar House, the past year has been spent in perpetual twilight.The seven-\u00adstorey block in Colindale, north London, is cloaked in blue netting and scaffolding that shroud its rooms in shadow in the middle of the day. The netting is for work to replace the building\u2019s flammable Grenfell-style cladding and wooden balconies. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2024\/dec\/22\/cladding-service-charges-residents-leasehold-block-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cladding, mould, \u00a375,000 charges \u2013 welcome to life in a British leasehold flat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Residents of a blighted London block have been trapped in their homes by a swirl&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-CEc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86441,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/help-to-buy-agency-writes-down-loan-on-flat-over-grenfell-style-cladding\/","url_meta":{"origin":148564,"position":0},"title":"Help-to-buy agency writes down loan on flat over Grenfell-style cladding","date":"April 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Woman whose London flat has slumped in value is told she can pay back \u00a310,000 of \u00a395,000 loanThe government has agreed to virtually wipe out a help-to-buy loan on an apartment in a London block with cladding similar to that used at Grenfell Tower, it has emerged.It will make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":102922,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tower-block-residents-ill-with-stress-over-combustible-cladding\/","url_meta":{"origin":148564,"position":1},"title":"Tower block residents &#039;ill with stress&#039; 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