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.
Calculating Enclosure Costs Relating to a Re-built Party Fence Wall
Sunday, 13th April 2014 | by: Peter Barry
A question came up on a recent party wall job which led to an interesting debate on what the section 11(11) expenses should cover when one owner re-builds a party fence wall as a party wall and the other owner later makes use of it. Section 11(11) of the Act states that: Where use is subsequently made by the adjoining owner of work carried out solely at the expense of the building owner the ...
A question came up on a recent party wall job which led to an interesting debate on what the section 11(11) expenses should ...
Waterproofing Solid Brick Walls
Saturday, 8th March 2014 | by: Peter Barry
As a result of the extreme weather over recent weeks I’ve taken a couple of calls from owners who have experienced ...
Party Wall Surveyor Fees
Saturday, 1st March 2014 | by: Peter Barry
We prepare several fee proposals for party wall services every week. Building owners preparing to undertake works like the ...
Surveying a Property that is to be Sold at Auction
Saturday, 1st February 2014 | by: Peter Barry
In normal circumstances our clients will have agreed to purchase a property at a set price prior to instructing us to ...
Essex Barn Renovation – Under Floor Heating
Saturday, 18th January 2014 | by: Peter Barry
If you’ve read the previous posts in this series you’ll know that the renovation was split in to 2 phases; effectively ...
The Perils of Lath and Plaster Ceilings
Saturday, 21st December 2013 | by: Peter Barry
Thursday evening’s collapse of a section of the ceiling at the Apollo Theatre in London brought in to sharp focus the need ...
Valuing Roof Spaces for Development
Friday, 13th September 2013 | by: Matthew Price
I’ve had to prepare a couple of valuations recently for owners that wanted to either buy or sell a roof space. The most common scenario is where a property has been converted but the roof space, or part of it, has been retained by the freeholder; often for the purpose of housing cold water storage tanks serving the flats below. As the flats update their heating and hot water systems they ...
I’ve had to prepare a couple of valuations recently for owners that wanted to either buy or sell a roof space. The most ...
Essex Barn Refurbishment – Roof Structure
Wednesday, 11th September 2013 | by: Peter Barry
Our 2 children went back to school this week and that was originally the target for phase 1 of the refurbishment to be ...
Essex Barn Renovation – Windows
Monday, 19th August 2013 | by: Peter Barry
We’re now 6 weeks in to phase 1 of the work and I’d estimate that we’ve fallen a couple of weeks behind the ...
Essex Barn Renovation – Insulation
Saturday, 3rd August 2013 | by: Peter Barry
We’re now a little over halfway through phase 1 of our barn refurbishment. The structure of the barn is long and narrow so ...
