Fire-risk flats where repairs will cost each resident up to £156k: First-time buyer reveals the most expensive example of cladding crisis so far Repair bills at Milliners in Bristol are believe to be the biggest individual cost Solicitor Steph Pike, 29, paid £193,000 for her one-bedroom flat Tests found The Milliners had the same combustible … Read more
Fire-risk flats where repairs will cost each resident up to £156k: First-time buyer reveals the most expensive example of cladding crisis so far Repair bills at Milliners in Bristol are believe to be the biggest individual cost Solicitor Steph Pike, 29, paid £193,000 for her one-bedroom flat Tests found The Milliners had the same combustible … Read more
Jon Snow fights to defend The Wall… of the moat at his £1.75m farmhouse: Game of Thrones star Kit Harington wants to carry out structural repairs to stop his garden sliding into the water Kit Harington, 34, shares the property with his wife and co-star Rose Leslie He applied for permission to carry out repairs … Read more
Stately home Knebworth House that starred in the Crown, The Kind’s Speech and Batman needs more than £70,000 of emergency repairs due to cracks blamed on climate change Knebworth House, in Hertfordshire, was awarded £74,175 by Historic England Funds granted for urgent repairs to cracks caused by rain and high temperatures The manor has featured … Read more
Stately home Knebworth House that starred in the Crown, The Kind’s Speech and Batman needs more than £70,000 of emergency repairs due to cracks blamed on climate change Knebworth House, in Hertfordshire, was awarded £74,175 by Historic England Funds granted for urgent repairs to cracks caused by rain and high temperatures The manor has featured … Read more
Could cladding scandal trigger new bank crisis? Finance industry could see widespread mortgage defaults if leaseholders are forced to pay for safety repairs, MPs are warned Widespread mortgage defaults could spark a economic meltdown, expert warns It is due to cladding on buildings which could cost thousands to homeowners Expert says unaffordable bills would cause … Read more
Builders claim cutting VAT on home repairs could give economy a £51bn boost By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 GMT, 28 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 28 February 2021 Cutting VAT on home repairs could give the economy a £51billion boost, builders have claimed. The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of planning road tolls to claw back millions ‘wasted’ on fat cat transport managers’ salaries and gold-plated pensions. His Tory rival in the Mayoral election next May, Shaun Bailey, says the Mayor has chalked up nearly £10bn of ‘wasteful spending’ at Transport for London (TfL) and is looking … Read more
A new brainteaser is daring eagle-eyed players to identify repairs that need fixing in in the home. The tricky puzzle has been created by UK-based boiler comparison service provider HomeSage in a bid to raise awareness of common issues around the home that can be a nightmare to fix. In total, five issues can be … Read more
A drug created by British scientists could repair damage to the brain and spinal cord by improving messaging between cells. Scientists led by Cambridge University created a synthetic version of a protein known as Cerebellin-1 that links brain messaging neurons together. The compound, called CPTX, acts like a ‘bridge’ where connections have been lost due … Read more