A government agreement with developers was meant to solve the fire safety crisis in affected buildings – but the wrangling goes on
Charlotte Meehan, who is still waiting for her flat to be made safe despite receiving an inspection report in June 2021 concluding it was a fire risk.Charlotte Meehan, who is still waiting for her flat to be made safe despite receiving an inspection report in June 2021 concluding it was a fire risk.
Meehan, an events producer who owns a third-floor flat she bought with her husband for £362,000 in October 2016, said an initial “wave of fear” over the fire risk of the building was quickly eclipsed by anxiety over the impact on her finances and resale value of the flat. The developer, Bellway, has given no starting date for the works at the Mojo development in Bow.
But Meehan’s flat is in what the government classifies as a “medium-height” block between 11 and 18 metres. In many of these blocks, work has not yet started to remove unsafe cladding or insulation.
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