Reply to: Bang - It continues..

[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.

[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!

[MarillionFan]

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

[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....

[northernladyuk]

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

I wonder what the insurers make of it.

[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]

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.

[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]

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?

[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]

Can't cook crystal meth on food vouchers...

What a nasty little scrote you are.

[original PM]

Why can't they just turn the gas off and give everyone free food vouchers while they rewire the flats for leccy cookers then?

Can't cook crystal meth on food vouchers...

[Fred Bloggs]

Why can't they just turn the gas off and give everyone free food vouchers while they rewire the flats for leccy cookers then?

[barrydidit]

The council's letter said they would have to 'decant' the building. If it's not safe, they shouldn't have housed all the cants there in the first place, i'd suggest.

Edit - on re-reading that, I think it's been done on purpose. Nobody would use the word 'decant' accidentally in this circumstance. I imagine a wager was involved somewhere.

[northernladyuk]

It happened in 1968.

That's a few years ago to a kipper.