Building Safety and Cladding Remediation

The Grenfell Tower fire led to significant reforms within the construction sector. Issues surrounding cladding and building safety continue to affect millions of homeowners nationwide.

Concurrently, the industry faces challenges in adapting to the extensive legislative changes introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022, along with a substantial volume of related secondary legislation.

Edwin Coe’s multi-disciplinary Building Safety and Cladding team possesses extensive experience addressing all facets of cladding and building safety matters.

What we do best:

Advising leaseholders, landlords, RTM companies, resident management companies and agents in relation to responsibility for defective cladding, building safety defects and defects generally.
Advising leaseholders, landlords, RTM companies, resident management companies and agents in relation to service charge provisions regarding payment of remediation works and associated costs.
Advising ‘applicants’ on the government schemes for funding remediation works including the Building Safety Fund and the Cladding Safety Scheme
Dealing with disputes for defective works (which often extend beyond cladding issues) including acting for freeholders and homeowners with claims under new home insurance policies.
Drafting construction contracts and appointments to engage contractors and consultants for remediation works.
Advising and negotiating agreements between clients and their original developer flowing from the Developer Remediation Contract which ‘pledged’ developers have signed with the Government.
Advising builders/contractors on their liability in relation to any defective cladding and building safety defects.
Providing homeowners with guidance when buying or selling a property which may be subject to the requirement for an EWS1 form.
Advising landlords and leaseholders on their current duties and responsibilities under the Building Safety Act 2022 and otherwise, including under the Defective Premises Act 1972.