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The general attitude has been that if building regulations are followed, you won't need the ladders. Grenfell residents themselves were told in the event of a f
by PaulRobinson 9y ago
The general attitude has been that if building regulations are followed, you won't need the ladders. Grenfell residents themselves were told in the event of a fire to NOT evacuate, and to stay in their homes. The presumption was that any fire could be isolated, contained and extinguished easily.
The questions now being raised are over whether the building regulations were enough. Successive governments have reduced the "red tape" in the name of liberating the market, but it seems free markets will often compromise when it comes to safety.
That said, I'm not sure right now I would want to live at the top of the Shard (as some people do).
- robin_reala 9y agoNo-one yet lives in the Shard apartments: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/05/shard-apartments-empty-flats-london-market https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/05/shard-apart...
- PaulRobinson 9y agoAs a Londoner who can't afford to buy here despite being on a senior engineer salary, I like this. The concentration of super-money in W1 is what pushed prices up as the ripple moved out, at least more so than immigration. The fact the market is slowing at that end means there might be a ripple back, which coupled with a falling residency rate (July was the first month more people moved out of London than moved in for 10 years), means we might see a collapse and we can start to afford homes again.