Leaseholders in a building with unsafe cladding are facing financial hardship due to the high cost of a 24-hour 'waking watch' fire safety measure. The residents are struggling to afford the £700 monthly charge and are calling for government intervention.
Leaseholders living in a building with unsafe cladding have said being charged almost £700 each per month to fund a ' waking watch ', to prevent a fire, is 'heartbreaking'. This has resulted in the freeholder employing a 24-hour fire warden to walk the corridors. Resident Lucy Tissington said: 'That's just money I can't afford, especially when they demand it immediately.
' HomeGround, acting on behalf of the freeholder, Adriatic Land 5 Limited, said it had been approved for government funding to replace the waking watch with a fire system. However, Ms Tissington said: 'It's not until we get that installed and in place that this extortionately expensive service stops.''It's been really, really stressful trying to figure out where this money's going to come from, if it's ever going to stop.' A HomeGround spokesperson said, along with the building's management company BNS, it had 'acted quickly to progress a Waking Watch Relief Fund application'. 'In the meantime, we have made efforts to support residents, including a loan from the landlord to cover the waking watch costs, and to expediate the fire alarm installation whilst the funding application process is ongoing.'the government announced new deadlines to fix cladding on unsafe high-rise buildingsThe remediation plan did not include buildings under 11m high, such as Clayewater Court, which Ms Tissington said was 'incredibly unfair'. 'Why are the people who can actually do something about it just turning their back on us?' she added. A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson said: 'While remediation work is rarely required in buildings under 11m, we are determined to make homes safe and deliver security for residents across the country. Alan Morris says finding almost £700 every month 'is not going to be easy' if it continues'It's the fear that I ha
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