The @insidehousing team has spent weeks investigating the landlords yet to start work to remove dangerous ACM cladding from their blocks 4 years since Grenfell.
From offshore companies, to big developers, to unfindable freeholders, here they are👇insidehousing.co.uk/insight/named-…
From offshore companies, to big developers, to unfindable freeholders, here they are👇insidehousing.co.uk/insight/named-…
The findings are shocking on two levels.
Firstly, nearly 4 years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy and despite gov pressure, a £200m removal fund, and the fact that ACM has been confirmed as really bloody dangerous 👇, these firms have yet to start work insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/gren…
Firstly, nearly 4 years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy and despite gov pressure, a £200m removal fund, and the fact that ACM has been confirmed as really bloody dangerous 👇, these firms have yet to start work insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/gren…
Remember, this comes after the government stated in 2019 that work needed to be COMPLETED by June 2020.
If freeholders didn't have a plan in place by Dec 2019, the gov threatened 'enforcement action'
insidehousing.co.uk/news/grenfell-…
If freeholders didn't have a plan in place by Dec 2019, the gov threatened 'enforcement action'
insidehousing.co.uk/news/grenfell-…
Secondly, it exposes the problems with the UK property system.
Would like to think @insidehousing has some decent journos but even we have had to search hard for contacts for some. Sometimes it has taken days, or in some cases we haven't been able to find them at all...
Would like to think @insidehousing has some decent journos but even we have had to search hard for contacts for some. Sometimes it has taken days, or in some cases we haven't been able to find them at all...
It must be remembered that the freeholders are the responsible persons for blocks (although they often contract a management agent).
If journos are struggling to track down these freeholders, imagine what it is like for leaseholders
If journos are struggling to track down these freeholders, imagine what it is like for leaseholders
Two of the companies were totally uncontactable. In the case of Pinelink Developments they do not even seemingly have a Companies House page.
Where is the accountability for the leaseholders in a block like this?
Where is the accountability for the leaseholders in a block like this?
In another case, Chaplair said it couldn't comment due to a 'confidentiality clause' with MHCLG.
When we contacted MHCLG, it dismissed this, saying there was nothing that stopped Chaplair from commenting.
When presented with this, Chaplair said it couldn't comment.
When we contacted MHCLG, it dismissed this, saying there was nothing that stopped Chaplair from commenting.
When presented with this, Chaplair said it couldn't comment.
In other cases a number of the freeholders on the list were linked. Four linked companies make up a quarter of those that were on last month's list. Three have been removed now.
Despite many being freeholders with no reputation to really uphold, there are some developers in there. Despite turning profits from their development activities, four years after Grenfell they are still yet to start remediation.
What this does show what a blunt tool the government’s naming and shaming of landlords is.
There is a complete lack of reputational damage by just placing a list of names nobody has even heard of, or can’t find information about, on the bottom of a monthly data release.
There is a complete lack of reputational damage by just placing a list of names nobody has even heard of, or can’t find information about, on the bottom of a monthly data release.
That is until a trade mag spends weeks digging into exactly who these companies are and writes a piece about it.
Think that is what you call public interest journalism. Really proud of the @insidehousing news team's work.
Think that is what you call public interest journalism. Really proud of the @insidehousing news team's work.
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