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.
CONTROLLING CONDENSATION AND MOULD
Wednesday, 22nd August 2018 | by: Peter Barry
What is Condensation? There is always some moisture in the air, even if you cannot see it. If air gets cold, it cannot hold all the moisture produced by every-day activities and some of this moisture appears as tiny droplets of water, most noticeable on windows on a cold morning. This is condensation. It can also be seen in mirrors when you have a bath or shower and on cold surfaces such as ...
What is Condensation? There is always some moisture in the air, even if you cannot see it. If air gets cold, it cannot hold ...
Valuations for Registered Charities
Sunday, 5th August 2018 | by: Matthew Price
Registered charities must obtain an RICS Red Book valuation from a suitably qualified Chartered Surveyor before entering ...
What Goes in an Access Licence?
Tuesday, 31st July 2018 | by: Peter Barry
Licenses covering access over adjoining owners' properties, whether they be for a scaffold, hoarding or crane over sail will ...
Access – The importance of an early approach
Sunday, 22nd July 2018 | by: Peter Barry
Where access requires the express consent of an adjoining owner, such as to erect scaffolding and a hoarding as part of a ...
RICS “Red Book” Valuations – What are they and what do they do?
Wednesday, 11th July 2018 | by: Jean Gautier
One of the most well known and widely used surveying standards are technically named “Red Book” Valuations or RICS ...
Different Types of Asbestos and Where They Can Be Found
Sunday, 1st July 2018 | by: Nick Bridger
What exactly is it? Asbestos is a natural, fibrous mineral that was generally used as a building material in the UK ...
Deed of Variation – A move to fairer Ground Rents?
Thursday, 22nd February 2018 | by: Matthew Price
Back in the middle of 2017, Taylor Wimpey amongst a few others, received blanket bad press for their involvement in the selling of leasehold houses, which included very aggressive ground rents. Headlines such as “£9,000 per year Ground Rent” and “Newlyweds unable to sell home due to legal catch that sees ground rent DOUBLE every decade” may have been the perfect fit for a modern emotive ...
Back in the middle of 2017, Taylor Wimpey amongst a few others, received blanket bad press for their involvement in the ...
Party Wall Procedures – Alternatives to Injunctions
Sunday, 11th February 2018 | by: Peter Barry
I have previously written about the option of an adjoining owner applying for an injunction where their neighbour has ...
Why You Can’t Say “You’re Fired!” to a Party Wall Surveyor
Thursday, 2nd November 2017 | by: Peter Barry
Imagine having a job from which you cannot be dismissed - that must be the dream of many people. Well, that is exactly the ...
Guide to Informal Lease Extensions
Wednesday, 20th September 2017 | by: Matthew Price
The Leasehold Reform and Urban Development Act, 1993, establishes the valuation basis and legal framework for leaseholders ...
