Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:23 pm
mjenkins - from the latest resident meeting it seems quite a complicated matter, looks like the render issue will be decided on in the next few weeks as to whether that's freehold/developer/builders/resident paying for work (expect a big media scandal if it is resident who pay for it!), the dock path is still in negotiations with GBP who own the dock wall.
One of the things i have gathered from friends living in similar apartment developments with issues is that there is very little legal action that can be taken against the likes of Redrow, Belway, Taylor Wimpey etc or even the council who sign these developments off as fit for purpose, and by this i mean legal action to make them pay for rectification. No wonder Grenfel happened and there has been very little progress to fix issues like combustible cladding etc. or even legislation to stop issues like that happening again, makes you really angry and appalled, some local AM's have gotten involved with Prospect place and i think they have been approached by other developments in Cardiff too. Having worked for a company that supplied big builders like these it make you really concerned about the quality of a lot of new developments, but then they say old houses are similarly bad so i think its just the house building business in general!