BBC News By Joseph Lee image copyrightFrancesca Gennari image captionRitu Saha and fellow residents in Bromley organised their own fire patrols but still had to pay £500,000 between them , many buildings with dangerous cladding still have 24-hour fire safety patrols - introduced originally as a temporary measure. Now, thousands more homeowners are being forced to pay for "waking watches" with no end in sight. In November 2017, when people in high-vis jackets arrived at Ritu Saha's block in Bromley, south-east London, she was told not to worry: they'd be gone by January. Three years and about £500,000 of charges to flat owners in the block later, they are still there.