A DECISION to buy and repair an unsafe town centre block of flats could leave Slough Borough Council almost £3 million out of pocket, a report has warned.

The council bought Nova House on Buckingham Gardens in 2018, to replace flammable Grenfell-style cladding and ‘protect the safety of residents’.

It said at the time it was not confident the building’s previous owners were able to carry out the work, and bought it for a nominal price of just £1.

But costs soared in the following years, to more than £33 million, as structural issues were found.

You can read the full story in this week’s edition of the Slough Observer. Also in this week's paper:

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