Cladding Issue in Residential

21st February, 2021

The team has conducted an analysis on the cladding coverage of residential properties and number of leaseholds in those buildings.

In summary:

- Approximately one-third of residential buildings, that are greater than 11m in height (more than 3 storeys tall), do not need to undergo an EWS1 (external wall survey) process before dwellings can be sold or re-mortgages can be offered – because there is no cladding on those buildings.

- It is estimated that 431,000 leaseholders will not need to undergo an EWS1 process for their buildings in order to sell or re-mortgage the properties.- This rises to over 50% of residential buildings – the equivalent of 610,000 leaseholders – when buildings with insignificant amounts of cladding under 18m in height are not required to undergo an EWS1 process.

Read the full Research and Analysis here.

The team supports the need for a public register of all ESW1 certificates and buildings that require cladding issues to be resolved. As such, the SHEDyt platform has extended its services to help address the cladding issue – please get in touch with us if you are interested in how this can be done and/or if you need assistance in doing so.

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