Building Improvements

Renewable energy and property renovation enthusiast

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

6.5% of people in UK have no savings at all whilst 29.25% have less than £1k in savings.

How many leaseholders will face financial ruin to fix non-cladding defects found in almost every building affected by the Cladding crisis?

#EndOurCladdingScandal #BuildingSafetyCrisis

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

Research on savings in UK; data pre-pandemic so likely to have dropped now. Table showing breakdown by age is interesting. Just HOW are leaseholders expected to pay for fire safety defects?
@mhclg you are out of touch with reality.
#EndOurCladdingScandal

https://t.co/eAn9JGtCrT

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

"I don't know what to do."

A 10-year-old Palestinian girl breaks down while talking to MEE after Israeli air strikes destroyed her neighbour's house, killing 8 children and 2 women

#Gaza #Palestine #Israel

[UK Cladding Action Group @ukcag]

As @mhclg have refused for 4 yrs to gather any data, their tweet below is unsubstantiated and unhelpful.

Their own dangerous regulations have caused the #BuildingSafetyCrisis, & their half-baked knee jerk reactions to cover their own mistakes have deepened it.

We won't forget.

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

No joined up thinking, left hand doesn't know what right hand is doing, can't organise a piss up in a brewery - how else can I put this, your dept is not fit for purpose @mhclg.

[Liam Spender @LiamSpender]

1/6 Using MHCLG’s own estimates there are 8,000 >18 m buildings with cladding requiring an EWS1. Multiply that by the £2.2 million average full BSF funding per building awarded to date (£241.5m/106) gives an estimated cost of £18.23 billion. #EndOurCladdingScandal

[Leslie Philibert @PhilibertLeslie]

@PBottomleyMP Fire safety is not an issue here in Germany as we have a responsible government, good local authorities and incredibly strict building and fire standards. What prevented the Tory government from doing the same?

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

This is ridiculous! Shouldn't have to pay for people to literally sleep on the job.

[Oliver @JollyRodger77]

My #wakingwatch at 6am this morning was fast asleep! I regret waking him up before taking a photo as proof! @team_greenhalgh , leaseholders are being reduced to feeding their families from food banks after being forced to pay for this scam! @PBottomleyMP #EndOurCladdingScandal

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

@mhclg You can play with the numbers and statistics as much as you like - everyone can see that if you remediate all development properties affected, in the proper ethical and moral way that a government should ordinarily do to protect its citizens, then the cost will be circa £16bn.

[Oliver @JollyRodger77]

@mhclg So please do enlighten everyone @mhclg , before you bankrupt us all...... What is the true figure?? when will this nightmare be resolved!?...... please remember leaseholders are the victims, not the guilty party here!!

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

I believe hospitals and prisons are buildings with most fires in UK. Why are we not checking these for fire safety? Or terraced housing where fires can rip through esp if incomplete fire barriers (fair to say this is likely in newer homes).

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

It's not that the problems don't exist - it's just that each building needs to be risk assessed on a case by case basis. Completely agree that in some cases retrofitting should be last resort and is disproportionate to risk. We need good surveys from independent assessors!

[Teresa Kabala @terikabala]

@BldgSafetyReg @team_greenhalgh So if @team_greenhalgh ‘s facts are correct, why are leaseholders receiving extortionate bills for remediation work for a problem which doesn’t exist? @Conservatives @EOCS_Official @BrumLag

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

Positives: product safety has improved (no plastic backed fridge/freezers now), smoking is in decline, people are better educated - so I would expect to see a decline in fires. Negatives: we now know building safety is compromised in construction which applies to ALL buildings.

[Sam Cave-Browne-Cave @SCaveBrowneCave]

So our freeholder's property manager has shut off our lifts to force us to pay for waking watch and fire alarm installations ... we have disabled people and families living in our block... how is this happening @LiamSpender @EOCS_Official.

[SingingTheBlues 🇮🇪🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 @haqpr1963]

@JollyRodger77 @Conservatives Same here. First time voting @LibDems, felt good. #EndOurCladdingScandal #BuildingSafetyCrisis

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

Same here Oliver! Solidarity with leaseholders everywhere - and everyone else who is disgusted by #TorySleaze #ToryCorruption #ToryCronyism. We deserve better #ToriesOut #EndOurCladdingScandal

[Oliver @JollyRodger77]

Delighted for the first time in my life, not to have voted @Conservatives!! I hope thousands of others have done the same!! #TorySleaze #ToryCorruption #ToryCronyism #TorysOut #EndOurCladdingScandal

[CityFitty 💙🤸🏼‍♀️🧘🏼‍♀️ @city_fitty]

One person died and now there’s a full recall and compensation. Says something when the owner of a treadmill has better consumer rights than a leaseholder has on their flammable home #peleton #EndOurFireSafetyScandal #BuildingSafetyCrisis #notjustcladding @RobertJenrick @mhclg

[The Prole Star @TheProleStar]

Possibly the worst Tory campaign video ever made - and it's still not as bad as Paul Williams' interview with Owen Jones.
Magic moment as Blackburn candidate Tiger Patel poses near some unfortunate graffiti at 1 min 30...

[Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 @JujuliaGrace]

🌟A WIN🌟; more info v soon, but we’re being provided with more info regarding the VIP PPE lane, and the government have been ordered to pay our costs in relation to our having to apply for this information. 👍
@EveryDoctorUK
@GoodLawProject

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

@gq_house NB: I only mean this in relation to cladding, I feel this risk could have been managed adequately depending on % of building affected (mine is minimal). Clearly, any building without the fire breaks & other fire safety measures needs these & many flats are missing them.

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

Statistically, hospitals and prisons are the most dangerous buildings in UK for fire safety. Perhaps the focus should be on fixing these, where people can't leave easily. Then educate leaseholders on actions to reduce fire risk & phase out gas boilers etc.

[Cladding Scandal GQ residents @gq_house]

@1985chambers @ukcag More likely than not they are perfectly safe. This isn’t a safety issue, it’s a regulatory / extortion issue. Challenge the survey process, challenge the report outcomes, challenge the need for works and it’s appropriateness with FTT. Costs will come down

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

@OriginalParris @CarolineJK9260 @nearlylegal And let's not forget the very real mental - & then physical - health problems from stress, anxiety & depression. These take a toll on the individual, their family, their contribution to society & on @NHSuk.

[Building Improvements @BuildingImprov1]

@gq_house Yup, it does seem to be that way! I'm pretty sure my flat is safer than any house I've lived in but accept fires can have worse consequences due to population density. Risk mitigation would seem sensible approach but no, we have to correct the mistakes of construction industry...