Deadline looms for cladding aid program
NSW strata schemes that have flammable cladding on their walls have just over a week left to register for the state government’s Project Remediate program which offers affected buildings interest-free…
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Lannock to manage NSW cladding loans
The NSW Government has appointed long-time Flat Chat supporter Lannock Strata Finance to manage the state’s Project Remediate interest-free loans, intended to help owners corporations with the cost of rectifying…
MONA builders to oversee flammable cladding fix
A managing contractor has been appointed to run the NSW State Government’s flammable cladding removal program for apartment blocks, in the face of relatively slow progress and limited uptake by…
Fifty blocks sign up for interest-free cladding fix
Fifty strata communities across the state have registered for the NSW Government’s program to remove combustible cladding from residential apartment buildings across the state, according to a Fair Trading news…
State OKs replacements for flammable cladding
The NSW government says it has taken a major step forward in dealing with the removal of flammable cladding from the state’s 214 high-risk high rises – by approving four…
Flammable cladding – Jimmy T on Sunrise
Earlier this month (Feb 2019) there was a second flammable cladding fire on the outside of an apartment block in Melbourne. Flat Chat’s JimmyT went on Weekend Sunrise to argue…
Cladding crisis: Who pays for rip down and replacement?
The flammable cladding crisis is not going away any time soon and very different approaches from our two most populous states don’t make the solution any clearer. More than 400 high-rise…
Over 400 blocks identified with high-risk cladding in NSW
A total of 435 high-rise buildings at “potentially high risk” from flammable cladding fires, have been identified by the NSW state government and Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW), according to…
Lacrosse owners take out $11m loan to replace cladding
Owners at Melbourne’s Lacrosse building have taken out an $11 million loan with strata finance providers Lannock to cover replacing the building’s combustible cladding after the fire at the residential tower in the city’s…
Loan help for schemes hit by cladding insurance hikes
A shock rise in strata insurance premiums due to risks associated with flammable cladding has left many apartment owners struggling to meet price hikes, says owners corporation finance lender Lannock…
Flammable cladding the ‘asbestos of 2017’ says fire safety expert
Future owners of new apartments will be protected from buying into potentially unsafe buildings with Federal and State government agreement last week to place a moratorium on the use of…