"Official" Thread for all of us waiting for a cladding report...

MikeHu

Do you know which company carried out the off-site simulated burns for your building?

Silver_Queen

MikeHu wrote: »

Do you know which company carried out the off-site simulated burns for your building?

BRE Global.

The cladding was manufactured by Kingspan Insulation Ltd.

hi123

Silver_Queen wrote: »

I am buying in East London. The cladding was first raised as an issue in around August 2019 (or at least, this is what I've been told).

A report was provided in September but rejected because the surveyor had not actually been to the property to inspect it, although simulated burns were carried out off-site.

Another report was made in late November but then before it was approved, the RICs form was provided as well, and this has been accepted by Santander and I have received a mortgage offer from them. It took Santander 10 days from start to finish, but to be fair, all the documents were already in order from my last mortgage application.

if u dont mind,could u share the development's name
we have been chasing one in gmv since july 2019

Chavy89

Ok so another update, my brokers been checking and he said virgin money may be another option for me to use as they are not as strict on the cladding issue so i will let you all know how that goes has anyone ever used virgin money are they any gd?

Swiftly

Has anyone ever managed to actually speak to someone from L&Q's "Cladding Review Team"? I call their contact number and no one knows anything about them.

This whole process would be a lot less stressful if I could get some indication of timeline. All I get though is the generic "this is an industry wide issue, we need the government to intervene".

Chavy89

Nope just got an email saying that a case has been open and they will respond to me within 10days

sh1ru

Does the new consolidated Advice for "Building Owners of Multi-storey, Multi-occupied Residential Buildings" from MHCLG mean anything for us?

It still states:

"The Expert Panel's view is that the clearest way to demonstrate that materials
in the external walls system do not present a risk of fire spread is to confirm that
they are made using materials that achieve Class A2-s3,d2, or previously
referred to as limited combustibility"

So not sure if its has any impact?

Chavy89

Hi All,
Update on my cause after CONSTANT calls and emails L&Q finally released a certificate stating cladding had been changed ive now submitted that to my bank hopefully that will do the trick i will keep updating as we move forward

sh1ru

congrats - Who did you call at L&Q, the Cladding email group have been useless

carrotland

Chavy89 wrote: »

Ok so another update, my brokers been checking and he said virgin money may be another option for me to use as they are not as strict on the cladding issue so i will let you all know how that goes has anyone ever used virgin money are they any gd?

Have you looked into virgin money yet?