tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post1101411260791656050..comments2024-03-13T10:28:38.211+00:00Comments on OPEN Dalston: "We may have to have new partners...."About OPEN Dalstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209133949209769082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-28741905560068647532009-02-27T17:09:00.000+00:002009-02-27T17:09:00.000+00:00The authorities did not win the arguements. After ...The authorities did not win the arguements. After 18 months they finally manufactured a committee decision which was legally bullet proof and so OPEN could no longer sustain the Court injuction preventing demoltion of our historic buildings. It looks like what OPEN feared most and warned against is now coming true.About OPEN Dalstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209133949209769082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-36915158319821994282009-02-27T15:58:00.000+00:002009-02-27T15:58:00.000+00:00Have reported the apparent breach of safety regula...Have reported the apparent breach of safety regulations referred to below to the H.S.E. for action.<BR/><BR/>On a wider scale, the threat to the overall project should not be underestimated. Thousands petitioned against the demolition of the Dalston theatre/Four Aces nightclub but LBH, the LDA and TfL won the argument. Hackney spent a fortune on buying the land, demolishing the buildings, security and £2 million legal fees, before handing the whole thing over to Barratts. Now the developer is in serious trouble. Whatever the outcome, the LDA and TfL will get their money back and Hackney will, once again, be left with nothing other than a huge white elephant and millions of pounds of unrecoverable investmentArthur Shuterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17958210543059825749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-88262532756136303562009-02-25T23:39:00.000+00:002009-02-25T23:39:00.000+00:00So Barratts are asking their builders to put rubbi...So Barratts are asking their builders to put rubbish behind the walls in their buildings? That's novel! Anyone familiar with Barratts buildings will testify that the walls themselves are usually constructed of rubbish!<BR/><BR/><I>Plus ça change ...</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-40964935704107184652009-02-25T15:27:00.000+00:002009-02-25T15:27:00.000+00:00I thought this may interest the new owners of flat...I thought this may interest the new owners of flats in Dalston Square. Barratts are actually claiming that rubbish left behind walls in their buildings will actually cut down on noise!<BR/><BR/>No mention of teh fire risk at all. Totally unprofessional and down right dangerous<BR/><BR/>Cowboy Builders par excellence<BR/><BR/>ONE of Britain’s biggest housebuilders is telling workers to leave leftover timber and plasterboard behind stud walls — to save cash. <BR/>A manual sent by debt-laden BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS to construction teams across the UK urges them to “Keep it in the plot!” <BR/><BR/>Builders are being told to nail off-cuts of wood to frames — and stick waste plasterboard behind partition walls. The manual says: “It should be fixed to avoid it moving.” The company claims the move will save money by cutting the number of trips to the rubbish dump. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Barratt is one of a number of housebuilders hammered by the downturn in Britain’s property market. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Its shares have crashed from more than 400p to just 71.5 in the past year on concerns over its £1billion debt. Half-year results today are expected to reveal more write-downs. <BR/><BR/>Building bible CONTRACT JOURNAL claims the new move could break National House-Building Council regulations which insist work must be done in a “proper, neat and workmanlike manner”. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Barratt insisted yesterday that none of the leftover material being used was waste. A spokesman claimed: “It’s excess.” <BR/><BR/><BR/>He said it could BENEFIT homeowners — by reducing noise between walls. <BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/city/article244711.eceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com