Bang - It continues..

[SueEllen]

Apparently it's up to them, the residents, if they leave their flats over safety concerns.

And the cracks (massive gaps) are a different concern to the gas apparently.

[northernladyuk]

Apparently it's up to them, the residents, if they leave their flats over safety concerns.

And the cracks (massive gaps) are a different concern to the gas apparently.

So presumably the landlord / freeholder is saying that it's safe to stay?

[original PM]

What a nasty little scrote you are.

Oooh look i think i have just found your sense of humour down the back of the sofa.

Fact is if these buildings are unsafe then the residents should either be offered fair value; should they own them or be re-housed if they are within the social housing system.

[northernladyuk]

Oooh look i think i have just found your sense of humour down the back of the sofa.

Fact is if these buildings are unsafe then the residents should either be offered fair value; should they own them or be re-housed if they are within the social housing system.

Or demonised as crystal meth manufacturers.

[SueEllen]

So presumably the landlord / freeholder is saying that it's safe to stay?

Yep cos it would cost them less if they stayed there then rehousing them.

[northernladyuk]

Yep cos it would cost them less if they stayed there then rehousing them.

I wonder what the insurers make of it.

[SueEllen]

I wonder what the insurers make of it.

The insurers would say get them out NOW!

While the council will try and argue that is the persons free will....

[MarillionFan]

Towers like Grenfell are also 20x more likely to get hit by a meteor as well

[OwlHoot]

It happened in 1968.

I know, but I'm sure there was another case much more recently, in East London I think.

Also, I knew someone in on the fourth floor of a 20-storey (or so) block in a big housing estate called Clem Atlee court in Fulham, and there was a huge crack running across his sitting room wall. Once when I visited on a windy autumn evening, you could hear the crack groaning and actually feel it changing width!

[SandyD]

Councils are just good for terrorising private landlords, and asking them go through hoops for health and safety, double standards… so many times when they inspect my rental property which is in top conditions I wanted to ask the pompous inspector to accompany him into their own council houses to see how they applied these recommendations…. But I just smile and bite my tongue.