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.
Over the last couple of years we’ve put on a series of lunchtime CPD sessions covering party wall procedures for Architects, engineers, housing associations and local authorities. We're now accepting requests to book sessions over the next few months. Originally the sessions were held at the organisations’ offices but over the last year, like all meetings, they’ve moved to a virtual ...
Over the last couple of years we’ve put on a series of lunchtime CPD sessions covering party wall procedures for ...
Completing the party wall awards is often the last part of the jigsaw required to allow work to commence on site and the ...
While the current social distance regulations remain in place, surveyors are under pressure to spend as little time inside ...
An amendment to the General Permitted Development Order which allows property owners to add up to 2 further storeys to their ...
It is over a month since the Housing Secretary's announcement on Leasehold Reform. We wrote are response shortly after and ...
1. What is Probate? The definition of Probate is 'proving' which entails proving that the deceased's will in possession of ...
Following on from the Law Commissions Consultation and recommendations the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “the biggest reforms to English property law for 40 years, fundamentally making home ownership fairer and more secure”. Peter Barry Surveyors have been fighting the corner for Leaseholders since 2010 and know too well the stress caused by massive bureaucracy and a ...
Following on from the Law Commissions Consultation and recommendations the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced ...
A recent survey found that almost three in five (59%) said that after lockdowns lift, they would like to work from home some ...
Section 10(12) of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 confirms that an award may cover the ‘time and manner of executing any ...
Of all taxes, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is one of the more debatable (and liked) as it significantly slows the pace at ...