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A flat owner say it will be 'at least six to seven years' since first discovering dangerous cladding on her block before she can sell up.

It reflects the time many cladding-hit leaseholders have had to put their lives on hold for while they fight for their fire-trap homes to be made safe.

This is on top of the repair costs that some have had to pay, which can run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Natalie Carter is a cladding-hit flat owner, who has put her life on hold for at least six years while she waits for her fire-trap home to be made safe, so she can then sell it. 

The 44-year-old lives in a two-bedroom flat in London's Canary Wharf, which she bought for £650,000 in 2015.

Her block has a total of 559 flats, which are now covered in scaffolding and Monarflex sheeting as remediation works to make them safe are carried out.

Like so many other flat owners affected by the cladding crisis, she is unable to sell until the building is safe, as lenders have been unwilling to lend on such properties due to the fire risk.

It follows the fire at Grenfell Tower in London in 2017 when 72 people died and a further 70 were injured.


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