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  • Case Study - How Using a Professional can save you Money
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• Party Walls
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  • Don't be Left Holding the Baby - Section 12 of The PWA
  • Leaseholders and The Party Wall Act
  • An Overview of Section 12 of the PWA – Part 2
  • The Party Wall Act – Common Misunderstandings
  • Case Study – Party Wall Award as Agreed Surveyor
  • Party Wall Questions #10
  • Party Wall Questions #1
  • Party Wall Questions #11
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  • Party Wall Questions #13
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  • Party Wall Questions #9
  • Using the Party Wall Act to Delay a Neighbour's Works
  • What to do when your Neighbour Ignores The Party Wall Act
  • When is an Interim Injunction Justified to Stop Work to a Party Wall?
• Property Management
  • Are you showing your property at its best?
  • Can I sell my property with the Tenants in place?
  • The Danger of Being Friends with your Tenant
  • Do it Yourself Vs Professional Managing Agents – A false economy?
  • Do you Make these Mistakes when Choosing Tenants?
  • The Forgotten Costs of Being a Landlord
  • The Importance of Inventories
  • Preparing a Property for Rent
  • The risks of renting to students
  • The Secret to Finding Reliable Tradespeople
  • The Secrets of Dealing with Difficult Tenants
  • Should I Allow my Tenants to Redecorate?
  • Should I Rent my Flat to Students?
  • Tenants and their Pets
  • What to do if your Tenants split up?
  • What Every UK Landlord Living Overseas Should Know
• Property Prices
  • Welcome to the Peter Barry Blog
  • The HMO Trap
  • Market Outlook - August 2009
  • Market Outlook - May 2009
  • What Price Should I Market my Property For?
  • Where have all the Properties Gone?
• Sales
  • 10 Questions to Ask an Owner When Viewing a Property to Buy
  • Welcome to the Peter Barry Blog
  • Are Local Papers still Relevant in the age of the Internet?
  • Beat the Spring Rush
  • Changes to HIP Regulations
  • Competition Among Buyers
  • Flat Roof Terraces
  • Found your Perfect Property? – The Hidden Dangers you may have Missed!!
  • Freebies for Movers
  • Give Your Property a Web Presence
  • Help us to Help you Sell
  • HIPs Suspended
  • How Pets Affect Viewings
  • How your Neighbours affect your Selling Prospects
  • The Importance of Floor Plans
  • Make the Most of your Garden when Selling
  • Make Your Estate Agent Work Harder
  • Market Outlook - August 2009
  • Market Outlook - May 2009
  • Mary Portas Secret Shopper – An Estate Agent's View
  • Minimising Stamp Duty
  • Mistakes to avoid when Showing Prospective Buyers your Property
  • The New RICS Homebuyer Report
  • Open for Business as Usual
  • Selling a Property with Unregulated Changes
  • Selling Tips for Autumn
  • Should I avoid getting in a Chain?
  • The Summer Market
  • Unlock the Potential in Your Garden
  • Unlock the Potential in Your Garden
  • What Buyers should look for when viewing a Property
  • What Price Should I Market my Property For?
  • What is the real cost of a HIP?
  • What’s Stopping your House from Selling?
  • Where have all the Properties Gone?
  • Who Makes the Decisions – Him or Her?
• Selling Tips
  • Are Local Papers still Relevant in the age of the Internet?
  • Beat the Spring Rush
  • Competition Among Buyers
  • Give Your Property a Web Presence
  • Help us to Help you Sell
  • How Pets Affect Viewings
  • How your Neighbours affect your Selling Prospects
  • The Importance of Floor Plans
  • Make Your Estate Agent Work Harder
  • Minimising Stamp Duty
  • Selling a Property with Unregulated Changes
  • Selling Tips for Autumn
  • Should I avoid getting in a Chain?
  • The Summer Market
  • Unlock the Potential in Your Garden
  • Unlock the Potential in Your Garden
  • What Price Should I Market my Property For?
  • What is the real cost of a HIP?
  • What’s Stopping your House from Selling?
  • When Were Your Electrics Last Tested?
  • Where have all the Properties Gone?
  • Who Makes the Decisions – Him or Her?
• Surveying
  • Alternative Heating Solutions – Is it time you got Wood?
  • Building Defects - Dampness Part 1
  • The Condensation Season
  • The Dangers of Asbestos
  • Diary of an APC Candidate – Bradley Mackenzie
  • Diary of an APC candidate - Part 3
  • Diary of an APC candidate: The Story So Far
  • Don't be Left Holding the Baby - Section 12 of The PWA
  • Don't Leave it Too Late to Extend Your Lease
  • Essential Guide to Property Surveys
  • Flat Roof Coverings - Top 5 Defects
  • Flat Roof Terraces
  • Found your Perfect Property? – The Hidden Dangers you may have Missed!!
  • Freehold Enfranchisement
  • The HMO Trap
  • How to Calculate the Diminution in Value of the Freeholder’s Interest
  • How Marriage Value is Calculated
  • What is Marriage Value?
  • Case Study - How Using a Professional can save you Money
  • The Leasehold Reform Act - The Concept of New for Old
  • Leasehold Reform
  • Leasehold Valuation Calculations - 2 Worked Examples
  • Leaseholders and The Party Wall Act
  • The New RICS Homebuyer Report
  • Open for Business as Usual
  • An Overview of Section 12 of the PWA – Part 2
  • The Party Wall Act – Common Misunderstandings
  • Case Study – Party Wall Award as Agreed Surveyor
  • Party Wall Questions #10
  • Party Wall Questions #1
  • Party Wall Questions #11
  • Party Wall Questions #12
  • Party Wall Questions #13
  • Party Wall Questions #2
  • Party Wall Questions #3
  • Party Wall Questions #4
  • Party Wall Questions #5
  • Party Wall Questions #6
  • Party Wall Questions #7
  • Party Wall Questions #8
  • Party Wall Questions #9
  • Pitched Roof Coverings - Top 5 Defects
  • Plus ça change
  • Property Defects caused by the Big Freeze
  • Property Defects - Chimneys and Flues
  • Property Defects - Fireplaces, Chimney Breasts and Flues.
  • Rainwater Management Systems – Taking Advantage of the Weather
  • Reach for the Sky? - Your Loft Conversion Guide
  • Selling a Property with Unregulated Changes
  • Some Things Never Change
  • Space Travel Within the Building Sector
  • Using the Party Wall Act to Delay a Neighbour's Works
  • What to do when your Neighbour Ignores The Party Wall Act
  • When Insulating Inside the Box, Try Thinking Outside the Box!
  • When is an Interim Injunction Justified to Stop Work to a Party Wall?
  • When Were Your Electrics Last Tested?
  • Why You Shouldn't Attend Your Survey
  • Wind Turbines – A Blow’ming good idea?
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• Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) threshold increased to £100,000.

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Time to Move On

How quickly the years pass, May thought, gazing at her John in the hospital bed. If she didn’t know, he could be back at their home, sleeping off an extra Sunday pint; the pint Ted Lake at The Rose would’ve ‘insisted’ on. read more

Paper Castle

From her peripheral vision Irena saw the boys stop playing and stare at her as she walked past. Not today, please not today. She focussed on the footpath, bag clutched against her chest, and kept walking. Only a few more steps until she was in the safety of her home….her castle. read more

Neighbourhood Watch 1998

Gary moved in six months ago, January sixth to be precise. I remember the date because that’s when George passed away. Elaine was beside herself of course, she‘d always loved that dog, but I’d persuaded her to go to work as usual. Easier to have her out of the way when I dug a grave for the little fellow in the front garden. read more