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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.

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Party Wall Questions #13

Saturday, 3rd September 2011 | by: Peter Barry

Question A pair of semi-detached houses have each been converted in to flats. The flats are each held on long leases with the Freeholds owned by investment companies. The owner of one of the top floor flats proposes to convert their roof space - the work requires 3 beams to be cut in to the party wall. Which Owners should be served with a notice? This is another question that was ...

Question A pair of semi-detached houses have each been converted in to flats. The flats are each held on long leases ...

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Party Wall Questions | Party Walls | Surveying

Party Wall Questions #12

Saturday, 3rd September 2011 | by: Peter Barry

Question Does the Adjoining Owner’s surveyor a)    Have any responsibility to ensure that the design of the ...

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Party Wall Questions | Party Walls | Surveying

Party Wall Questions #11

Saturday, 3rd September 2011 | by: Peter Barry

Question In light of Kaye v Lawrence can the panel give some examples of the types of work to a residential property that ...

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Party Wall Questions #10

Saturday, 3rd September 2011 | by: Peter Barry

Question A Building Owner’s basement conversion works damage the party wall to such an extent that the remedy is partial ...

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Party Wall Questions #9

Wednesday, 31st August 2011 | by: Peter Barry

Question If a Building Owner appoints a surveyor on behalf of an Adjoining Owner in accordance with Section 10(4) can that ...

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Surveying

Essential Guide to Property Surveys

Tuesday, 30th August 2011 | by: Peter Barry

Chartered Surveyors can carry out several different types of surveys to residential properties. The purpose of this article ...

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Party Wall Questions | Party Walls | Surveying

Party Wall Questions #8

Thursday, 25th August 2011 | by: Peter Barry

Question An Adjoining Owner is served with a notice just days before they are due to exchange contracts on the sale of their property. Do they have a duty to make the incoming Owner aware of the notice and if they consent is the incoming Owner bound by that consent? This is another question that was raised at a recent FPWS North London forum meeting which I helped to organise. I would ...

Question An Adjoining Owner is served with a notice just days before they are due to exchange contracts on the sale of ...

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Party Wall Questions #7

Wednesday, 17th August 2011 | by: Peter Barry

Question The Government Explanatory Booklet lists certain jobs as being so minor they do not warrant the serving of a ...

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Surveying

Alternative Heating Solutions – Is it time you got Wood?

Wednesday, 3rd August 2011 | by: Peter Barry

When thinking of heating and hot water in a domestic situation, generally speaking two options tend to spring to mind, ...

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Surveying

Rainwater Management Systems – Taking Advantage of the Weather

Thursday, 21st July 2011 | by: Peter Barry

The United Nations considers the supply of water to be a major ongoing issue for the 21st Century. With global temperatures ...

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