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 new Labour Government have revealed proposals that will encourage home owners to extend their property upwards by making it much harder for Council's to reject planning permission. Currently, permission can be rejected on account of an additional storey simply being too high or because neighbours do not have additional stories. The vast majority on London's housing stock is Victorian, ...
The new Labour Government have revealed proposals that will encourage home owners to extend their property upwards by making ...
Introduction The Help to Buy scheme was introduced by the Conservative Government in April 2013 as a way of assisting first ...
Since the introduction of measures under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2019, landlords have a clear duty of ...
May 2024 Update: Following Rishi Sunak's surprise General Election announcement, the The Leasehold and Freehold Reform ...
Here at Peter Barry Surveyors, we receive enquiries for varying types of work that will require a license to alter ranging ...
Having buildings insurance for your home or residential investment is clearly a no brainer, but how much thought do you give ...
Drafting your own party wall notices might seems like an obvious way to cut costs but the opposite is generally true. If your neighbour receives a notice that looks like something you’ve found on the internet, or got from your builder, alarm bells will ring. They will be more likely to contact a surveyor for advice and, when they’re told that you will be paying the fees, appoint ...
Drafting your own party wall notices might seems like an obvious way to cut costs but the opposite is generally true. If ...
The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 has been with us for nearly thirty years but it is becoming clear that a large section of the ...
When several individuals co-own a property, there are two possible ways in which the property can be legally held: as 'joint ...
Despite the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, stating in January 2023 that he wished to "abolish the feudal ...