Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leasehold-axed-for-all-new-houses-in-move-to-place-fairness-at-heart-of-housing-market The UK government has announced plans to abolish leasehold sales for new houses, ensuring they are sold as freehold unless in exceptional circumstances,…
Link: https://apple.news/AfuwPcubWSgyDByw9ffAhwQ Despite a £135 million investment to renovate military housing, satisfaction levels among service personnel have only increased by one percent, with only 64…
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7181141/Theresa-vows-ban-rabbit-hutch-new-homes-tiny-cupboards.html Theresa May has announced plans to ban the construction of small homes with inadequate storage, proposing mandatory design regulations to ensure minimum sizes.…
Link: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/timber-bodies-slam-failure-to-specify-treated-cladding-at-barking-riverside/10043094.article A fire at Samuel Garside House in Barking Riverside destroyed 20 flats and raised concerns about the use of ThermoWood cladding, which has…
Link: https://apple.news/As4PQ9VBSQGmaHcEK3AJpzg A couple in Norfolk, Ken and Gail Pitts, have been forced to abandon their £850,000 riverside cottage after discovering it was sinking due…
Link: https://apple.news/AovnMROiSTVulEVrV386YsA A massive fire in Barking, east London, destroyed 20 flats and damaged 10 others, prompting an investigation into its cause. Approximately 100 firefighters…
Link: https://apple.news/AwKRlf6ryQvyXLZ30F5-PBA Four teachers at Buchanan High School, built on a toxic landfill, have developed the same rare form of bladder cancer, raising health concerns…
Link: https://apple.news/ALFDJu1XrSRSxtEwRqe57bg A large warehouse fire in Tottenham, north London, has prompted over 100 firefighters to respond, with flames and thick black smoke visible from…
Link: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/designer-claims-100000-kitchen-sank-after-neighbours-built-new-basement-a4146441.html An interior designer, Reiko Stewart, is suing her neighbors for £100,000, claiming their basement extension caused her kitchen floor to sink and damaged…
Link: https://apple.news/AiDXOrCJyQm64c5JMJ7EfJg A visually impaired tennis champion, Paul Pyb, won £50,000 in compensation after a surveyor failed to identify Japanese knotweed in his Highgate home,…
