News archive

Government’s use of extra-statutory powers has made the cladding crisis far worse than in Australia (or possibly Scotland), writes LKP trustee

New Capital Quay Litigation continues, with concern that repairs may still not meet Building Regulations

Now Israel Moskovitz wins right to charge £30 for his ground rent demands …

Bovis Homes leaseholder in Bristol cannot sell as ground rents reviewed every five years

Ted Baillieu, ex-pm of Victoria, tells London cladding leaseholders that Australians identified flats most at risk and sorted them out first (but there were loans to flat owners)

Now shared owners are hit with lease extension costs on top of fire safety costs

Bottomley leads Tory rebellion of 32 MPs, but government defeats amendment to Fire Safety Bill

Consumers fightened to speak out over housebuilders defects, says BBC

CMA kicks housebuilders: Countryside Properties and Taylor Wimpey ‘unfair contract terms’ over rip-off ground rents; Persimmon and Barratt ‘possible mis-selling’ of homes

Lords rebellion sees government Fire Safety Bill thrown into disarray

APPG leasehold chairs call on Lords to support McPartland-Smith amendment tomorrow

Section 24 court appointed manager orders can be the last resort for leaseholders, but beware messing them up

Crisis in UK flats at last prompts Ballymore leaseholders to rebel and speak publicly about rocketing service charges to the FT

Minister hears how cladding ‘interim measures’ are ruining a generation of homebuyers

Commons Select Committee hears just how little the government understands of the Building Safety Crisis and leasehold law

Select Committee none the wiser over cladding forced loan schemes

Martin Boyd returns to LKP

Dudley Joiner’s Team Property Management goes down the plughole owing £635,958

Pensioner loses £130,000 to escape Roseland Parc Retirement Village. But it is worth it, she says …

NHBC controls up to 90% of new build warranties: law professors raise concerns …

Barrister Justin Bates torpedoes another RTM for Moskovitz / Gurvits: leaseholders face £100,000 bills

Pensioners in retirement housing face £150,000 fire safety bill, but McCarthy and Stone isn’t reponsible (nor is FirstPort, and NHBC hasn’t responded)

Housing crisis. Possible banking crisis. And lease forfeitures ‘very, very soon’, Communities Select Committee is warned

Should I extend my lease now or wait for government reforms?

Bankruptcies for leaseholders and billions entrusted to freeholders and their managers, APPG told

As 17% of cladding leaseholders consider bankruptcy, LKP funding proposal offers alternative to successive crises facing flat-owners

Why the law won’t help cladding leaseholders

LKP response to Robert Jenrick £3.5bn ‘exceptional intervention’ to cladding high-rises today

Question Time: Zoom meeting with LKP cladding funding proposal team, Tuesday 5pm February 9 2021

Must see: cladding video. AND Barratt backs an industry-wide levy

Feeble government ministers bankrupted Hayley Tillotson, and will do the same to thousands more …

Labour puts the boot into forced loans to cladding leaseholders

Non-ACM Building Safety Fund is four times over-subscribed and is doling out £2m per block