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I'd lay a fairly large amount of money on the developer having to wear the cost ultimately
We certainly hope so. Makes no sense otherwise, but the developer is obv trying its hardest to not bear the cost, and will drag it out as much as they can as a result.
princeperch
Ps it should probably go without saying but if your sister does have an equity loan on her property she may wish to think about starting the process of getting it valued, and then apply to settle the equity loan element of the borrowing , before the situation is resolved and she can't tuck the government up(which must be a nice feeling)..Not sure I understand, can you elaborate?
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If she purchased it under shared ownership or whatever it's called, she needs to act now to take advantage of the loophole which some have exploited to settle the equity loan at market rate. At the moment the market rate of her flat will be 50k or whatever. That won't last forever, because once the cladding situation is resolved the flat will be back to market value.
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We certainly hope so. Makes no sense otherwise, but the developer is obv trying its hardest to not bear the cost, and will drag it out as much as they can as a result.
Well, ah. If it passed building control and the building regs and the NHBC thought it was OK...you might be in for a long wait.
Or not. Who knows.
Legally, the leaseholders should cough up for it and they probably should then go after the developer in court, after acquiring the freehold.
I'd lay a fairly large amount of money on the developer having to wear the cost ultimately. Even if I am wrong, if you get 100k back off the government by writing off the equity loan, then have to pay out 20k, happy days. No use obvs if u either own with a normal mortgage arrangement or don't have any borrowing on the property. I don't think it'll come to that though I reckon the developer will be forced to sort it out.