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Selling a flat with cladding issues

The Grenfell Tower fire tragedy in 2017 is the main cause of flats falling out of favour, though. Since then, cladding has been the subject of public scrutiny, leading the government to tighten up building regulations. Per government guidance, unsafe and combustible cladding must be removed from properties. In some cases, leaseholders have been held liable for the remediation, at a potentially massive cost. 

To verify the safety of the cladding in a property, the government now requires the completion of an External Wall System Survey (EWS1). During the survey, a chartered fire engineer will grade the property’s cladding, assigning a score of A1, A2, A3, B1, or B2. A top grade of A1 requires no remediation and confirms no combustible cladding is present. Grades B1 and B2 indicate the presence of dangerous cladding. Lenders are reluctant to offer mortgages for flats with anything other than an A1 grade, and buyers are also taking exception to flats with low grades.

To make matters worse, there is currently a shortage of chartered fire engineers in the UK, leading to a backlog of EWS1 reports. As it stands, in 2022, almost 10,000 tower blocks contain dangerous cladding. Either the leaseholder or freeholder will be responsible for paying the costs of an EWS1 report and the subsequent cladding removal, depending on the size of the building. Fortunately, qualifying leaseholders will not be responsible for footing the bill for cladding removal, which can amount to tens of thousands of pounds. You can find out if you’re liable by using a gov.uk tool. 

So, selling a flat in Nottingham in 2022 is a real pain. But it can be a lot more straightforward than you might think. Despite the crisis in the flat market, we can help you to get an easy and fast sale. 

Why use We Buy Any Home to sell your flat in Nottingham

We Buy Any Home can guarantee you the cheapest and fastest selling experience possible. Rather than waiting for months on end while you lose money to estate agents, solicitors, mortgage payments and bills, you can sell your flat with us for zero cost. We can complete the sale in as little as 7 days.

Our service has no hidden fees. We take care of all the expenses. Depending on the area your flat is in, you could get more with us than you would if you listed your house on the slow and ponderous open market.

We’re committed to offering generous prices for all the flats we buy. As the UK’s leading cash house buyer, many people in Nottingham have come to us for the highest price for a quick sale. We promise to beat any offer you get from another genuine cash house buyer.

Regardless of your cladding grade, or even if you don’t have an EWS1 form, we will buy from you. We’re never put off buying any property, even if it’s in bad condition. Forget about the hassle of renovating to make your flat more attractive to buyers. If you want to sell your flat fast In Nottingham so you can move on with your life, we’ll buy it as it is.

When you hire We Buy Any Home, you’ll get great customer service. We understand you might have a sensitive or complex reason for selling, but our passionate property experts will work hard to make you feel at ease. You can rely on us for discretion and respect. You’re in the safe hands of a regulated cash house buyer with an “Excellent” rating on Trustpilot and 4.3 stars on Google Reviews. Please feel free to read the stories from our honest and happy past customers. We’d love the opportunity to help you too.

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