When a fire in 2023 destroyed four terraced houses Barnet Council brought the housing sector's attention to an overlooked fire safety issue: the use of uPVC cladding in low-rise homes. Have other ...

Although you may assume cladding ideas are only those featuring unusual or alternative materials, the fact is most self ...

More than 400 Barnet residents have been told they must pay between £14,000 and £23,000 to replace cladding which the council has identified as a fire risk ...

Channelling coastal and country vibes, cladding your home's exterior is a popular and affordable way to update the exterior of your home. It can cover render or brickwork, elevate an understated ...

What we can tell you is that the average three-bed house should cost about £4,500 to fit with new double-glazed uPVC windows, depending on location and window sizes. It’s important to haggle, perhaps ...

A north London council has sounded the alarm over what it fears could be a fresh national cladding issue after a probe found UPVC on buildings to be hazardous. Hundreds of Barnet residents face ...

The battle over a £13m cladding replacement programme in north London has intensified after residents demanded that the council carries out more fire tests.

It says replacing the cladding will cost almost £17 million – with taxpayers contributing £3.6 million for work on 153 council homes. Nearly all the homes are one and two-storey timber-framed houses ...

Barnet Council alerts DLUHC to risks posed by timber-frame homes fitted with UPVC panels Barnet Council has discovered that hundreds of its low-rise timber-frame homes were fitted with plastic ...

A London council has set out multimillion-pound plans to replace cladding on 580 terraced homes amid fears of a low-rise cladding crisis.