Dandara is the latest homebuilder to sign a federal government agreement devoting to remediating risky structures, leaving simply 2 companies still holding out.
“We are pleased to confirm that having signed the Developers Pledge Letter earlier this year, we have also now signed the Developer Remediation contract,” a representative for Dandara said in a declaration.
“Dandara has appointed several partners to undertake the initial surveys, which will be used to inform the remediation works and support in the creation a reparation timeline that can be completed with minimal disruption to residents.”
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) verified Dandara had actually signed up with the agreement signatories at 12:43pm on 26 June 2023.
To date, 49 designers have actually signed the agreement which is created to bring legal force to a promise designers registered to in 2015 to fix all fire safety-affected blocks returning thirty years at their own expense.
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The federal government composed to significant housebuilders and other big designers on 30 January 2023 asking to sign the designer removal agreement by 13 March 2023.
Housing secretary Michael Gove called the 11 who had actually not yet checked in the House of Commons on 14 March, efficiently threatening to put them out of business unless they dedicated.
Of those 11 who didn’t at first register, simply 2 – Abbey Developments and Rydon Homes – have actually still not dedicated
Rydon Homes, a sis business of Grenfell specialist Rydon Maintenance, is still the only company that has up until now indicated its intent not to devote to the file.
The Dandara representative included: “Throughout the remediation process, Dandara will continue to work closely with the DLUHC, freeholders, leaseholders, contractors, consultants and management companies to ensure all work is delivered to a high standard and in line with the developer remediation contract.”
