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.
We have been promising to explain why the concept of ‘Marriage Value’ is important and why residential leases are said to be short when there is a term of less than 80 years remaining. Thanks for your patience; we are nearly there now! Before we get there we’ll just recap some of the points we’ve been looking at in previous posts. Most leaseholders of residential property are entitled ...
We have been promising to explain why the concept of ‘Marriage Value’ is important and why residential leases are said ...
In my last leasehold post we said that we would try to explain the implications of the Leasehold Reform Act in as simple ...
I recently accompanied one of our Chartered Surveyors on an RICS Homebuyer Report. What was a little unusual about this ...
We get quite a few enquiries each week on the subject of Leasehold Reform. The conversion often starts as follows:- ...
We are constantly looking to add reliable businesses to our list of recommended contractors. There are 3 situations in which ...
I joined Peter Barry Surveyors in June this year following the completion of a Masters degree in Real Estate Development at ...
I received an email earlier this week from a lady who was concerned that her neighbour was going to use The Party Wall Act to delay the building of her rear extension. He had threatened to “do everything possible to delay the building work and if possible stop it altogether, including insisting on 3 surveyors being involved and instigating court action wherever possible in order to push the ...
I received an email earlier this week from a lady who was concerned that her neighbour was going to use The Party Wall Act ...
One of the more minor changes that the new coalition Government have made is to partially reverse one of the Labour ...
Complying with the Party Wall Act can get really expensive if the adjoining properties are converted flats. Take this ...
It’s always difficult to advise people who call us up when a neighbour has started work which comes within the scope of ...