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.
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 to extend their lease (as well as enfranchise). The most common way to enact the Act, is to serve a Section 42 notice with the help of a specialist solicitor, but this does come with a raft of stipulations and costs, and is a course of action that should not be taken ...
The Leasehold Reform and Urban Development Act, 1993, establishes the valuation basis and legal framework for leaseholders ...
Introducing our Leasehold Extension Calculator!
Sunday, 7th May 2017 | by: Matthew Price
We have recently added a tool to our website that allows you to get an idea as to the cost of your lease extension. Around ...
Valuing Vault Spaces
Tuesday, 28th March 2017 | by: Matthew Price
With London being London, seemingly any space that can be developed is being developed. The more typical schemes are loft ...
Party Walls – An Architectural View
Thursday, 23rd March 2017 | by: Peter Barry
The purpose of this post is not to explain the Act but rather to examine how the Act can influence the design of some ...
A leaseholder’s wish list
Monday, 13th March 2017 | by: Matthew Price
The leasehold valuation team here at Peter Barry recently attended the annual Leasehold Advisory conference that brings ...
CLAY SOILS, SUBSIDENCE, HEAVE, TREES AND ROOTS – PART 3
Thursday, 9th February 2017 | by: Peter Barry
In the first 2 parts of this post we looked at history of subsidence and the influence of trees; in this final part we'll ...
CLAY SOILS, SUBSIDENCE, HEAVE, TREES AND ROOTS – PART 2
Friday, 3rd February 2017 | by: Peter Barry
In the first part of this post we looked at the history of subsidence as we know it today and how subsidence related insurance claims. Today, we'll move on to look at exactly what subsidence is and some of the contributory factors. What is ‘Subsidence in Clay Soils? In geological terms clay is a relatively modern deposit and usually overlies much older rock. In London and the South East ...
In the first part of this post we looked at the history of subsidence as we know it today and how subsidence related ...
Roof Design – Function, Form and Cost
Thursday, 2nd February 2017 | by: Peter Barry
If we were to simplify buildings down to their very core elements it could be said that they contain only 3 different parts; ...
Clay Soils, Subsidence, Heave, Trees and Roots – Part 1
Wednesday, 25th January 2017 | by: Peter Barry
A Bit of History Anyone who's ever erected a fence in clay soil using timber posts knows that you can hammer these into ...
The Challenges of Valuing Above Commercial Property
Tuesday, 17th January 2017 | by: Ryan Sherar
We are regularly instructed to prepare valuations on leasehold flats located above commercial premises. The shortage of ...
