News: Ronan Point: a 50 year building safety problem
Link: The Ronan Point disaster, which occurred nearly 50 years ago, highlights ongoing building safety issues similar to those seen in the Grenfell tragedy. Both…
News: Kennington fire: 60 firefighters tackle blaze at high-rise block of flats in London
Link: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kennington-fire-60-firefighters-tackle-22262289 A fire broke out in a first-floor flat at the Brandon Estate in Kennington, London, prompting around 60 firefighters and eight fire engines…
News: Residents talk of horror as Manchester house started to collapse
Link: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/you-could-hear-bricks-falling-18482194 Residents in Levenshulme, Manchester, were evacuated after bricks began falling from a house, prompting concerns about structural safety in the area. Firefighters secured…
News: Bellway threatens to sue couple for banner on new build home
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8441041/Bellway-threatens-couple-legal-action-hanging-banner-new-build-criticising-developer.html A couple in Leicestershire, Jake and Chloe Wright, are facing legal threats from property developer Bellway over a banner criticizing their new home,…
News: Owners of Elizabethan manor house move entire home up Sudbury hill to new location
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8408171/Owners-Elizabethan-manor-house-entire-home-Sudbury-hill-new-location.html John and Angela Hodge moved their 16th-century Grade II-listed Elizabethan manor house, Ballingdon Hall, half a mile up a hill in Sudbury, Suffolk,…
News: Respiratory nurse at St Mary’s Hospital Paddington Sue Taylor’s family sues over asbestos cancer
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8094047/Respiratory-nurse-St-Marys-Hospital-Paddington-Sue-Taylors-family-sues-asbestos-cancer.html Sue Taylor, a respiratory nurse at St Mary’s Hospital, died of mesothelioma in June 2017 after being exposed to asbestos during her employment…
News: Flat block owners to get right to add floors with no permission needed
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/12/property-owners-right-build-upwards-without-planning-permission Property owners will soon have the right to add up to two storeys to their homes without needing planning permission, a move aimed…
News: ‘We are trapped in the house that killed our son’
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-51110166 Kye Gbangbola and Nicole Lawler are fighting for answers regarding the death of their son Zane, who died in 2014 from what was…
News: New watchdog to clamp down on shoddy building work
Link: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2020/02/25/new-watchdog-to-clamp-down-on-shoddy-building-work/ The New Homes Ombudsman will assist homebuyers facing issues like poor construction and faulty wiring, requiring all developers to join. It has the…
News: ‘It’s felt life-ruining’: flat owners face huge bills for new cladding
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/22/flat-owners-manchester-face-huge-bills-for-new-cladding Residents of flats in Greater Manchester are facing overwhelming anxiety and financial strain due to exorbitant bills for replacing flammable cladding, with some…