Free seminar on cladding crisis this week

On Thursday, 18 March, from 6-8pm, Watermans Legal will be joined by a panel of industry experts who will cover a wide range of topics associated with the cladding crisis.

The speakers at the event are:

• Shawn Wood – solicitor at Watermans Legal 

Shawn will talk through the purchase side of the process, acting for buyers who are interested in a property that has cladding or has had it noted in the HR about requiring an EWS1 form.

• Tzana Webster – head of property sales at Watermans Legal

Tzana will be speaking about the sale side of the process, acting for property owners who have a property that they need or want to sell which has cladding or external additions which are noted on the HR as requiring an EWS1 form.

• Mike Horne – partner at J&E Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and residential surveyor

Mike will discuss Home Report Surveys and the RICS guidance and information (there will soon be some changes brought in place in the next few days) relating to Home Report Surveys and Valuation Reports for lenders which note EWS1 requirements because of cladding or external additions. He’ll talk about when they first started to put £nil value on HR surveys & valuation reports & why they categorise the notes on main walls, external additions and matters for a conveyancing solicitor on the HR survey.

• Paul Nelis – MiFireE MIFPO of Fire Risk Assessment (Scotland) Ltd

Paul is a qualified provider of EWS1 forms. He’ll talk us through his services and what he can do. Paul is only qualified for EWS1 forms and getting lending on A rating properties. He’ll likely touch-base on the B-rating properties and give information on this for his services.

• Mark Wallace – director of M&W Mortgages

Mark will speak about acting for buyers wanting to purchase a property that requires an EWS1 form & giving information on what he needs from buyers who want to purchase these types of properties & also about re-mortgage options for current owners of properties which require EWS1 forms.

Register here