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MPs told that Croydon flats are example of how not to build
The appalling conditions in ‘luxury apartments’ in new-build flats at The Fold, opposite Croydon Town Hall, were raised with a House of Commons select committee hearing yesterday Leading housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa cited The Fold in central Croydon as an … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Alison Butler, Bloom House, Brick by Brick, Build Baby Build, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Florence Eshalomi MP, Housing, Jo Negrini, Kwajo Tweneboa, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Steve Reed OBE, Taberner House, The Fold, Tony Newman
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Fold managers admit to fire alarm fault in 35-storey tower
EXCLUSIVE: Four fire marshals and battery-powered smoke alarms have been intalled in the mould-ridden block, where there is only a single staircase to serve as a fire escape. By STEVEN DOWNES The managers of The Fold, the 35-storey residential tower … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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Mouldy Fold: no problems with council flats says Town Hall
Croydon Council is to carry out checks on its 90 flats in Malcolm Wicks House, the fourth block built in the Queen’s Quarter where the 35-storey private rental tower The Fold is being evacuated to allow its owners to completely … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged Alison Butler, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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‘Let us be free from this hellhole’: Fold tenants issue demands
EXCLUSIVE: Residents in one of Croydon’s tallest buildings are becoming increasingly angry and militant over their treatment by their multi-billion-pound landlords. By STEVEN DOWNES The owners of The Fold, the 35-storey residential tower in Queen’s Gardens, have been given a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Rowenna Davis, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Mayor Jason Perry, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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UnFolding story: residents’ meeting is moved as concerns rise
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Fire safety inspectors from the London Fire Brigade were on site this morning at The Fold, the 35-storey tower block close to Croydon Town Hall, where residents fear for their well-being because of poor-quality finishes to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged Alison Butler, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Kwajo Tweneboa, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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The Fold folds: Hundreds of tenants given six months to leave
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon faces another housing crisis as poor build quality on four blocks built alongside the Town Hall is forcing the owners to carry out extensive works. By STEVEN DOWNES Residents living in Croydon’s fourth-tallest building, 35-storey The Fold, on … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
Tagged Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Kwajo Tweneboa, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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L&G ‘deeply concerned’ by state of high-rise flats at The Fold
Insurance and pensions giant Legal and General has admitted that there are serious problems with damp and mould, leaking roofs and sewage issues in The Fold, the 35-storey residential tower close to the Croydon Flyover, built on council-owned land, where … Continue reading
Another Croydon scandal: the £3k per month high-rise slums
Activist exposes serious issues with town centre ‘luxury apartments’ which were only built three years ago The housing crisis takes on a whole new meaning when you are a private tenant, living in a building completed just three years ago … Continue reading
Locals demand to know why Sanderstead Rec looks wrecked
CROYDON IN CRISIS: With each passing week, the impact of living in a cash-strapped, poorly managed and neglected borough is becoming clear to residents, even in what used to be regarded as the leafy suburbs. PEARL LEE, our south of … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Heathfield House, Queens Gardens, Refuse collection, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Residents Association, Taberner House
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Heathfield House, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Queens Gardens, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Rec, Tory
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Perry slow to stop cars parking in town centre pedestrian zone
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the belated end to a free parking wheeze in a kids’ playground It has taken Tory Mayor Jason Perry nearly two whole months to get around to issuing parking tickets on cars parked illegally … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Queens Gardens, Steve Iles, Taberner House
Tagged Bloom House, car parking, Chorus Apartments, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fisher's Folly, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Mayor Jason Perry, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold, Tory
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Towering prices leave L&Q with 1,500-plus unsold homes
Brick by Brick was ahead of the trend for building unsellable, over-priced shared ownership homes. By BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent Croydon’s Brick by Brick is not the only housing business that appears to be struggling to off-load its stock of … Continue reading
Part-time Perry and Labour in playground squabble over park
After a decade of Town Hall squabbles, the legacy of Newman and Butler’s years in charge of the council is a playground for the children of tower block half-millionaires. WALTER CRONXITE on another late, costly and incomplete town centre project … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Clark, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Hub, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Paul Scott, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory
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‘The Fold’: former council-owned site takes a gamble with name
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on the latest laugh-out-loud move by developers working in the centre of Croydon While this website might be loathe to echo one of the catchphrases of one of the more notorious tabloid columnists, you really … Continue reading
After eight-year wait, Croydon delivers homes on Taberner site
Eight years since the old council offices, Taberner House, that stood on the site, was vacated, and many months later than the council’s chosen developers had planned for the build to be complete, the ribbon was cut this week on … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Taberner House, Tom Copley
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hub Residential, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mayor, Patricia Hay-Justice, Taberner House
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After eight-year wait, Taberner House flats near completion
A housing project which even Tony Newman and his numpties refused to entrust to Brick by Brick is finally nearing completion after an eight-year development saga. By our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES Eight years since the council moved out of … Continue reading
Eyewitness: I saw man climbing the crane. I was scared for him
An eyewitness has told Inside Croydon of the terrifying incident when they saw a man climbing a construction crane hundreds of feet above the ground on a building site in the centre of Croydon. The man eventually came down from … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fairfield, Policing, Property, Taberner House
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Henry Construction, Hub Residential, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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CCTV installed in Queen’s Gardens before Fairfield re-opening
Complaints of anti-social behaviour, drinking and drug-use in the open space between the Town Hall and Fairfield Halls has led to it being declared a crime hot-spot by the council, as KEN LEE reports Queen’s Gardens has been declared a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
Tagged CCTV, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Queens Gardens
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Taberner House developers still don’t have building start date
BARRATT HOLMES on another prestigious scheme in the town centre which seems to have come to a grinding halt Five years since Taberner House was demolished and almost a year since planning permission was granted for the site – including … Continue reading
Cost of New Addington Leisure Centre hiked by £8m in a year
WALTER CRONXITE reports on a worrying 50 per cent inflation rate on one key council building project The cost of building the new swimming pool and leisure centre in New Addington has gone up by £8million in less than 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, New Addington, Planning, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged CCURV, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, New Addington Leisure Centre, Tony Newman, Tory
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Brick by Brick’s profitable Blairite response to Right to Buy
The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire has, rightly, focused attention on safety around the nation’s low-cost housing. But underlining the lack of attention given to the conditions of such homes and the ongoing under-investment in council housing has been … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jennifer Brathwaite, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Southwark Council, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Architects for Social Housing, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Hub Residential, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Taberner House, Tony Newman
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Saffron Central wants to go out with one last burst of colour
Croydon’s town centre saffron farm is again appealing for donations and volunteers for one last summer spree of colour before the builders move in on Queen’s Gardens and the site of the former council offices. This year’s theme is to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Fairfield, Gardening, Taberner House
Tagged Croydon Saffron Central, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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Council gags architecture experts on costly Place Review Panel
Croydon’s Place Review Panel has been gagged, just three months since the building design body was set up, at potentially considerable public expense. Once a month, six members of the panel of high-profile architects and designers, who include the celebrity … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Centrale, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Council set to wave through £800,000 flats built on public park
The full horror of the over-tall overdevelopment of tower blocks on the site of Taberner House is beginning to be revealed, as documents with some design drawings have been published and the planning process has been opened up for public … Continue reading
Negrini heads council team to MIPIM’s ‘booze and hooker fest’
The PR flunkies putting together Croydon Council’s delegation to next month’s “booze and hooker fest” in the South of France are refusing to say who is paying for the junket. WALTER CRONXITE reports Croydon will be one of 16 London … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Niall Bolger, Planning, Property, Rise Gallery, Stiles Harold Williams, Sutton Council, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, MIPIM, Taberner House, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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