Story in the Telegraph on Saturday:https://preview.tinyurl.com/yd4n8e3aI see flats are still being advertised there for sale or rent!
Nick Robinson ● 2774d13 Comments
Has anyone thought of putting in a "Freedom of Information" request to Ealing Council about which flats are affected? Also the Health and Safety Executive, and relevant Central Government departments?
Mark Julian Raymond ● 2724d
The Arc building looks more complicated to put right as the cladding continues over the roof.
Philippa Bond ● 2731d
This is more of a problem than just combustible cladding.There should not have been smoke in the lobbies. We need to hear more about how that happened.
Philippa Bond ● 2742d
Bump n/m
Philippa Bond ● 2745d
Galliard homes yet again do us proud. Why am I not surprised that the Conway family(who have very very deep pockets) seem to be washing their hands of any responsibility. Galliard homes need investigating, the whole thing stinks.
Paul Barratt ● 2762d
I have written to Tony Clements, the senior officer whose area of responsibility this is, to identify the tower blocks. He is on annual leave. His PA has written back and referred the matter to the freedom of information team. I do not understand why. The information I was seeking relates to a situation in respect of which the Council should be keeping the public apprised without requests for information. Is this an attempt to shuffle the matter off into the proverbial long grass?
Andrew Farmer ● 2765d
There are several petitions - here's one:https://www.change.org/p/kit-malthouse-save-homeowners-from-financial-ruin-by-ensuring-developers-pay-for-their-cladding-mistakesWhat a shambles. The situation should never have been allowed/able to happen.
Philippa Bond ● 2769d
Thank you for that link, Andrew. The fire referred to in the article was not in the Arc Tower (the Telegraph's photo description has it wrong) but that would nevertheless have been a huge worry to people next door. There was also that fire in the still under construction Hotel Ibis in April 2017. A strong westerly breeze at that time may have meant that the Arc may have gone up two months before Grenfell.I wonder where the other three buildings are? I've heard that Premier Inn will be changing their cladding although it is of a more "robust" type that that at Grenfell Tower.
Terry Freestone ● 2770d
No problem accessing site today (8th). Also tried https://firenewsfeed.com/incident/1944226 which has illustrations. There are 4 towers with dangerous cladding in Ealing.
Andrew Farmer ● 2770d
I can access it. I don't know what The Telegraph's restrictions are. Sometimes I can't access their articles or only part of them.
Philippa Bond ● 2773d
"Unfortunately this link has now expired.Articles are only available for 28 days. "Even though it's a new article.They have a paywall though, don't they?
Terry Freestone ● 2773d
Try copy and paste into browserhttps://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/editions/edition_73MiU_2018-09-01/data/540167/index.html?share=1&WT.mc_id=tmgapp_inar_share&utm_source=tmgapp&utm_medium=inar&;utm_content=share&utm_campaign=tmgapp_inar_share&Expires=1538175600&Signature=DFgImEgv91lW3drwlDNjC-7AL8bpwkV9phiPl1sJnxH49OaMZRdXD0qcY9er88KhNz53-VLyCTVrb1ntGk5OgNjWzdOsOH~JtZ7uHX8kPSfH1Z72Kuno4VPLmfetKAKvYhacdf7D61psq-HBcZEJtiQF3sA8dStkVZjNp9ek9BjjdKlFbrGP5CXcUCGyy0C1POHtvmVh-azoA3j0snGJI3OHmbdVga5tPxkpiUXHTgT0Hkq5vUjEvpjf3bcADAgmojogilcEINAdm~FBsslvHsGHX~eyVIsXLA6a3w1-qILvnLCIkNb6TJRmY3WOkyqE-TEpM6kjhJZGxZDocsQndQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLCEPDGCTPVKXNOA
Nick Robinson ● 2773d
Link doesn't work for me.
Terry Freestone ● 2774d