By Harry Scoffin Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have this week joined forces with leaseholders stuck in privately-owned blocks clad with deadly combustibles, telling the major party leaders of their “deep and grave concern that a Grenfell-like fire is going to occur again”. In a letter sent on Tuesday to Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn […]
Will Heysmoor Heights leaseholders lose their homes to anonymous offshore freeholder if they cannot pay Grenfell bills?
Will Astor asked whether he has beneficial interest in Abacus Land 4 Limited The anonymous world of offshore ownership in the leasehold sector is placed in sharp relief by families facing £18,000 demands to remove Grenfell cladding and pay for fire marshals at Heysmoor Heights, in Toxteth in Liverpool. The freeholder is Abacus Land […]
‘Gargantuan’ Grenfell cladding bills from Astor and Tchenguiz on sites such as New Festival Quarter, The Times reveals today
The Times today reports how leaseholders are facing “gargantuan” bills for fire marshals and Grenfell cladding removal from the likes of Vincent Tchenguiz and Will Astor. Up to a 100 private blocks of flats are affected, it claims. “The situation has echoes of a leasehold scandal this year when construction companies sold houses with ground […]
DCLG urged to inform leaseholders over Grenfell cladding bills … and stop snubbing LKP
The issue of DCLG civil servants declining to pass on details of flats with Grenfell Tower cladding to LKP has been raised in the Commons. Although LKP has given information of private blocks of flats with the cladding, the civil service don’t feel any obligation to do the same … even though freeholders are lining […]
Croydon leaseholders at Citiscape face £750,000 bill to remove Grenfell Tower cladding
At least 20 private blocks affected Bills for fire marshals at one site have reached £16,000 a week Leaseholders in the Citiscape block of flats in Croydon face a £750,000 – £1 million bill to remove the same insulation cladding involved in the Grenfell Tower fire. Two fire marshals are employed 24/7 at £5,000 a […]
NATIONAL LEASEHOLD CAMPAIGN (NLC) WILL HOLD A MINUTES SILENCE IN HONOUR OF THE VICTIMS OF THE GRENFELL TRAGEDY.
NATIONAL LEASEHOLD CAMPAIGN (NLC) ARE HOLDING A MINUTES SILENCE TO HONOUR GRENFELL TOWER VICTIMS. Today at 1500hrs the National Leasehold Campaign will fall silent. 7200 strong members of the NLC will stand in solidarity today to hold a minute’s silence to honour all Grenfell Tower Victims. “As fellow leaseholders we stand united” Across UK, our […]
