Cladding, mould, £75,000 charges – welcome to life in a British leasehold flat

Cladding, mould, £75,000 charges – welcome to life in a British leasehold flat

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​Residents of a blighted London block have been trapped in their homes by a swirl of events, as government attempts to reform the law drag onFor many of the residents of Mar House, the past year has been spent in perpetual twilight.The seven-­storey block in Colindale, north London, is cloaked in blue netting and scaffolding that shroud its rooms in shadow in the middle of the day. The netting is for work to replace the building’s flammable Grenfell-style cladding and wooden balconies. Continue reading… 

Residents of a blighted London block have been trapped in their homes by a swirl of events, as government attempts to reform the law drag on

For many of the residents of Mar House, the past year has been spent in perpetual twilight.

The seven-­storey block in Colindale, north London, is cloaked in blue netting and scaffolding that shroud its rooms in shadow in the middle of the day. The netting is for work to replace the building’s flammable Grenfell-style cladding and wooden balconies.

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