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.
Since the introduction of measures under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2019, landlords have a clear duty of care to provide accommodation of a habitable standard. If a housing tenant feels that there are failings with the property, which have been reported and not addressed, they can make a claim against the landlord for any physical injury caused, the damage caused to ...
Since the introduction of measures under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2019, landlords have a clear duty of ...
There are a number of hoops to jump through when negotiating the purchase of a home, particularly when purchasing a new ...
What is Condensation? There is always some moisture in the air, even if you cannot see it. If air gets cold, it cannot hold ...
What exactly is it? Asbestos is a natural, fibrous mineral that was generally used as a building material in the UK ...
When you own the freehold of a property, you have complete freedom to deal with the scope and timing of maintenance and ...
In the first 2 parts of this post we looked at history of subsidence and the influence of trees; in this final part we'll ...
In the first part of this post we looked at the history of subsidence as we know it today and how subsidence related insurance claims. Today, we'll move on to look at exactly what subsidence is and some of the contributory factors. What is ‘Subsidence in Clay Soils? In geological terms clay is a relatively modern deposit and usually overlies much older rock. In London and the South East ...
In the first part of this post we looked at the history of subsidence as we know it today and how subsidence related ...
A Bit of History Anyone who's ever erected a fence in clay soil using timber posts knows that you can hammer these into ...
We looked at typical defects to chimney stacks on the blog a few years ago so today I wanted to cover a related topic – ...