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.
The desired outcome for any owner serving party wall notices is a consent - it allows them to take advantage of the benefits of the Act, such as the right of access, without having to stump up for surveyors’ fees. However, adjoining owners consenting to party wall notices is still a relatively rare thing, I’ve not run the numbers but my sense is that it’s no more than 1 in every 5 ...
The desired outcome for any owner serving party wall notices is a consent - it allows them to take advantage of the benefits ...
Budget day has been announced for March 11. Will the Chancellor go ahead with the 3 percent surcharge on non-resident ...
The recently published RICS Residential Market Survey has found that the Conservative's December election victory is now ...
Selling your house typically involves placing it on the open market with an Estate Agent where there are thousands of ...
One common type of enquiry we receive at Peter Barry, involves a leaseholder who's freeholder also resides in a property in ...
Mild rises likely coming from greater Brexit certainty Rightmove have predicted a modest 2% rise over the course of 2020 ...
Soon after thoughts about carrying out some building work to a property have been formed, thoughts will often turn to planning permission requirements and how best to deal with them. Planning permission in one form or another will usually appear as a major milestone on most construction projects. With this in mind, it is useful to consider how the planning process fits into the overall project ...
Soon after thoughts about carrying out some building work to a property have been formed, thoughts will often turn to ...
The Party Wall Act leaves it up to the surveyors to agree which of the owners should pay their fees (which must be ...
This post was inspired by a question posed recently by a homeowner who was concerned about the neighbour’s new basement ...
Having secured the Conservatives a 'stonking' 80 seat majority on Friday and having spent the weekend showing his gratitude ...