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@LostInSW19

In a block with combustible cladding. Still waiting for a remediation plan. Unable to move on. Helping @EOCS_Official & others. Here to #EndOurCladdingScandal

London เข้าร่วม Ağustos 2020
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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
Another thing no one ever mentions: shared owners in blocks like mine pay higher service charges than private leaseholders. Why? Because the housing association slaps a “management fee” on top of the managing agent’s costs, despite not actually managing anything.
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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
@DavidMcGregorBN Good stuff. Now please tell me what has Labour done on building safety? People in my block put their kids to bed at night knowing there is flammable cladding on the building. Labour were vocal in opposition, but are now bankrolling developers to meet newbuild targets instead.
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David@DavidMcGregorBN·
People ask what Labour has actually done. Try telling a renter facing a no-fault eviction that ending Section 21 doesn’t matter. Try telling a struggling family that breakfast clubs don’t matter. Some of us know these things change lives because we’ve lived it.
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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
@ACORNLDN Our building has a mix of shared owners and social tenants. The cladding is ACM class 3 - the same flammable type used on Grenfell Tower - and we had a balcony fire back in 2020. We’ve never seen a single housing association rep on site.
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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
@ACORNLDN Agree on need for more social housing, but all newbuilds face similar building safety issues, including those managed by housing associations. Failures happen across the board. My landlord is a housing association, and they show no interest in how our site is being managed.
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BBC Sussex
BBC Sussex@BBCSussex·
Residents in a council tower block in Brighton that has been approved for demolition due to safety concerns say they are worried about finding homes. More here: bbc.in/4uBA9Rl
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End Our Cladding Scandal
End Our Cladding Scandal@EOCS_Official·
📆 This Friday at 12pm We’re joining journalist @PeteApps for a live Substack chat on the building safety crisis. We’ll discuss what’s going wrong and how Labour could fix it. 🔗 Link and how to join in the reply.
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orwellvalley
orwellvalley@orwellvalley·
Everyone’s arguing about who gets these new build homes. I’m living in one I’ve already paid for - and I still can’t afford to stay. #leasehold #LeaseholdReform
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Stuart Brown
Stuart Brown@InclusiveBuild·
Today's letter from @SamanthaDixonMP states, they are still implementing the Grenfell recommendations as a "core priority", they got the phase 2 report 1.5 years ago, phase 1 report 6.5 years ago and the fire happened almost 9 years ago. This is still moving at a snails pace.
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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
None of the report’s recommendations have been acted on. @UKLabour still hasn’t done anything to help shared owners stuck in homes they can’t sell. @mtpennycook was vocal in opposition, but as a Minister he’s looked the other way. “Change,” they said.
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Aaron
Aaron@ma11eta·
The average service charge for a london flat is £2.8k/year, thats £233/month.... forever. Costs go up each year. Service goes down. No surprise demand is collapsing At this point, it’s not housing. It’s pure extraction.
Peter Bill@peterproperty

Tel (£) “demand for these flats has collapsed. Nearly 40pc of flats built and bought in Wandsworth since 2010 were sold at a loss in the last five years.” All you need to do is look at the pictures and then also imagine the service charges. telegraph.co.uk/money/property…

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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
@DaBoatLDN @SustainableTall Labour is just banging on about “more transparency” on service charges, basically sticking to the plan the Conservatives designed. As if the silver lining is just knowing exactly how you’re getting ripped off.
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Man like Dave! ⚒
Man like Dave! ⚒@DaBoatLDN·
@SustainableTall Service charges. If they clamp down on this then people would gladly take them. Profiteering with no accountability for what that charge is spent on. Make the spending open to residents and/or put limits on how much they charge.
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Philip Oldfield@SustainableTall·
London has built lots of flats…but few people want to buy them Since 2014, some 20,000 flats have been completed in Wandsworth. But nearly 40% of modern flats there have sold at a loss in the last 5 years archive.is/A3rfy
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Dr Rosena
Dr Rosena@DrRosena·
Those responsible for Grenfell should be jailed. The Tower stands surrounded by one of the wealthiest areas in Britain, yet it was neglected, warnings ignored, and safety treated as an afterthought. While a memorial is a step in the right direction, we need justice too.
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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
@Mroperandi @MayorofLondon Housing associations do something even more perverse than that: they add a 'management fee' in top of the service charge. So shared owners pay more service charge than private leaseholders in the same block.
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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
@leftth0ughts And a very significant number of leaseholders are in negative equity so they can't afford to sell. Several flats are empty. A handful were sold to cash buyers at auction. A similar scenario is happening all over London.
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Cladding Victim @LostInSW19·
@leftth0ughts My development is just down the round from where this picture was taken. It was overwhelmingly owner-occupiers (including shared owners) and social rent tenants initially. Now because flats are almost impossible to sell due to high service charge, a growing % of flats are let.
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.@leftth0ughts·
Interesting one this - how does London continue to build if profit margins and buyer appetite don't allow it to? Leasehold needs fixing *quickly* but I think this is an interesting "theory meets reality" situation for YIMBY arguments (I'm a yimby btw).
Philip Oldfield@SustainableTall

London has built lots of flats…but few people want to buy them Since 2014, some 20,000 flats have been completed in Wandsworth. But nearly 40% of modern flats there have sold at a loss in the last 5 years archive.is/A3rfy

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Peter Bill
Peter Bill@peterproperty·
Tel (£) “demand for these flats has collapsed. Nearly 40pc of flats built and bought in Wandsworth since 2010 were sold at a loss in the last five years.” All you need to do is look at the pictures and then also imagine the service charges. telegraph.co.uk/money/property…
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