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.
Question Does the Adjoining Owner’s surveyor a) Have any responsibility to ensure that the design of the notified works is adequate? b) Have any power to insist that structural calculations etc. are checked by an engineer acting for the Adjoining Owner and that the Building Owner pays the cost of that engineer’s fees? Additional information from author of question In ...
Question Does the Adjoining Owner’s surveyor a) Have any responsibility to ensure that the design of the ...
Question In light of Kaye v Lawrence can the panel give some examples of the types of work to a residential property that ...
Question A Building Owner’s basement conversion works damage the party wall to such an extent that the remedy is partial ...
Question If a Building Owner appoints a surveyor on behalf of an Adjoining Owner in accordance with Section 10(4) can that ...
Chartered Surveyors can carry out several different types of surveys to residential properties. The purpose of this article ...
Question An Adjoining Owner is served with a notice just days before they are due to exchange contracts on the sale of ...
Question The Government Explanatory Booklet lists certain jobs as being so minor they do not warrant the serving of a notice: Drilling into a party wall to fix plugs and screws for ordinary wall units or shelving Cutting into a party wall to add or replace recessed electric wiring and sockets Replastering Which of the following works would you put in the same category? ...
Question The Government Explanatory Booklet lists certain jobs as being so minor they do not warrant the serving of a ...
When thinking of heating and hot water in a domestic situation, generally speaking two options tend to spring to mind, ...
The United Nations considers the supply of water to be a major ongoing issue for the 21st Century. With global temperatures ...
The vast majority of flats in England and Wales are held on long leases, but many lessees will have the right to acquire the ...