Welcome to Peter Barry’s blog posts. You’ll find a range of topics focussing on issues that are important to our clients where we try to answer the questions that we regularly get asked.
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve begun to receive calls from overseas investors or their agents concerned about the change to Capital Gains Tax which is due to come in to force on 6th April this year. Announcing the change in his 2013 Autumn Statement, George Osborne, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer said “It is not right that those who live in this country pay Capital Gains Tax when they ...
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve begun to receive calls from overseas investors or their agents concerned about the ...
I’ve been meaning to write a post for a while that I could link to when an owner asks me to explain the role of the ...
I would estimate that at least 80% of misunderstandings relating to the The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 could be cleared up if ...
The statutory lease extension process, as with so many Landlord and Tenant matters, is traditionally adversarial. However, ...
The most common way for a leaseholder to extend their lease involves a solicitor serving a Section 42 notice (S42) on their ...
A question came up on a recent party wall job which led to an interesting debate on what the section 11(11) expenses should ...
As a result of the extreme weather over recent weeks I’ve taken a couple of calls from owners who have experienced dampness penetrating through solid walls as a result of driving rain. You’d think that a 215mm thick solid brick wall would provide a sufficient barrier to rain but often defects will arise which means that’s not the case. When investigating such a scenario the first step is ...
As a result of the extreme weather over recent weeks I’ve taken a couple of calls from owners who have experienced ...
We prepare several fee proposals for party wall services every week. Building owners preparing to undertake works like the ...
In normal circumstances our clients will have agreed to purchase a property at a set price prior to instructing us to ...
If you’ve read the previous posts in this series you’ll know that the renovation was split in to 2 phases; effectively ...