THE sudden evacuation of a £15m Manchester city centre apartment complex was caused by one wall - which wasn't eligible for unsafe cladding funding.
A senior fire service official revealed yesterday that one 'courtyard' wall inside Skyline Chambers, on Ludgate Hill in Angel Meadow, was not eligible for the government's building safety fund (BSF) - a pot of cash available for freeholders, leaseholders, property managers, and housing associations to fix unsafe cladding if their block is more than 18m tall.
The fund can only pay for fixes to external walls and cladding, meaning the 'courtyard' wall was not eligible.
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