This Thursday 10th February 2022, our Operations Manager, James Purdey, Will be hosting a knowledge bank webinar for News on the Block. Knowledge Bank Webinars have been created by News on the Block to give Property and Block Managers the chance to listen and interact with professionals from within the Read more…
Following the Grenfell Tower Tragedy, Dame Judith Hackitt made recommendations for improvements to building regulations, in the form of the Hackitt Review. In June 2019, the government published the ‘Building a Safer Future’ consultation detailing proposals to implement these changes through a new Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Just over six Read more…
On Thursday 20th January 2022, the government announced a new service which aims to protect leaseholders and force developers to make their high-rise buildings safe. This new online service will allow leaseholders living in high-rise residential blocks to track their building’s application to the Building Safety Fund, with the use Read more…
A new plan to reset the approach to building safety was announced by Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, yesterday (Monday 10/01/2022). The majority of the announcement concentrated on the proposed protections for leaseholders and who will pay remediation costs for cladding. It was announced that leaseholders living Read more…
What is the Fire Safety Act? The Fire Safety Act 2021 amends the Fire Safety Order 2005, and along with the draft Building Safety Bill, is part of a collection of new legislation in response to the recommendations within the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Hackitt Review. One of the key Read more…
4site Consulting sponsor the IRPM & PMAS Scottish Property Factor Seminar, due to take place on Wednesday 2nd February 2022. If you attended the IRPM Winter Conference at the end of last year, you will know just how great – and surreal – it was to finally be able to Read more…