LATEST BLOG POSTS
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.
High Court Upholds Leasehold Reform: Landmark Ruling Clears the Way
Wednesday, 12th November 2025 | by: Matthew Price
Here at Peter Barry, we continue to handle a significant number of lease extension and freehold enfranchisement claims each month. Still, the vast majority are on leases that are greater than 80 years and have reasonable ground rents, meaning that they have less to gain from ongoing leasehold reforms. That does, of course, leave those who don't meet that criteria in a somewhat nervous ...
Here at Peter Barry, we continue to handle a significant number of lease extension and freehold enfranchisement claims each ...
November 2025 Budget and Capital Gains Tax Valuations
Friday, 31st October 2025 | by: Steve Hobbs
Over recent weeks we’ve noticed a marked increase in the number of enquiries and instructions for Capital Gains Tax (CGT) ...
Should a Party Wall Award Always be Complete?
Monday, 27th October 2025 | by: Peter Barry
Works that are the subject of a dispute under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (the ‘Act’) should not commence until they ...
Video Schedules of Condition
Friday, 26th September 2025 | by: Peter Barry
Advances in technology often affect how we carry out our work and this is particularly true for recording schedules of ...
Practice Changing Party Wall Case Law – Power & Kyson v Shah [2023]
Saturday, 23rd August 2025 | by: Peter Barry
This is part of our series on court judgements that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The ...
Are Foundations Getting Deeper? A Look at Modern Building Practice and Party Wall Implications
Monday, 28th July 2025 | by: Matthew Price
At Peter Barry Surveyors, we have to consider how the foundations of a client's kitchen extension interact with neighbouring ...
What the Public Really Thinks of Surveyors
Tuesday, 22nd July 2025 | by: Peter Barry
I recently stumbled across a discussion on social media about a man who bought a house in Melbourne and only found out that there was an extensive model train network beneath the floor after he moved in. Writing an article around a tweet (technically a ‘skeet’) is a very MailOnline thing to do but a comment on the story by FT Associate Editor Stephen Bush triggered an interesting list of ...
I recently stumbled across a discussion on social media about a man who bought a house in Melbourne and only found out that ...
License to Alter options for Share of Freeholders
Wednesday, 25th June 2025 | by: Matthew Price
At Peter Barry Surveyors, we regularly hear from flat owners looking to carry out works at their property—typically ...
Practice Changing Party Wall Case Law – Kaye v Lawrence (2010)
Monday, 16th June 2025 | by: Peter Barry
This is part of our series on court judgements that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The ...
Are the Old Party Wall Ways Always the Best?
Wednesday, 21st May 2025 | by: Peter Barry
The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is a relatively thin document and provides limited guidance on the practicalities of how ...
