LATEST BLOG POSTS: Case Studies
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.
Basement Extensions and Encroachment
Thursday, 19th December 2019 | by: William Weaver
This post was inspired by a question posed recently by a homeowner who was concerned about the neighbour’s new basement excavation and whether or not it would undermine her property. She wanted to know what precautions could be taken to ensure that the neighbour would dig under the party wall only and stop as soon as they had enough room to construct the new basement wall and underpin the ...
This post was inspired by a question posed recently by a homeowner who was concerned about the neighbour’s new basement ...
Preparing Party Wall Notices for a Rear Extension
Tuesday, 22nd January 2019 | by: Peter Barry
As a recent graduate and Assistant Surveyor, a large part of my training was party wall related. As part of that training I ...
The Story of the Collapsing House in Finchley
Sunday, 19th April 2015 | by: William Weaver
Every now and then there is a catastrophic incident involving the construction industry somewhere in the UK. When a house ...
Essex Barn Renovation – Under Floor Heating
Saturday, 18th January 2014 | by: Peter Barry
If you’ve read the previous posts in this series you’ll know that the renovation was split in to 2 phases; effectively ...
Essex Barn Refurbishment – Roof Structure
Wednesday, 11th September 2013 | by: Peter Barry
Our 2 children went back to school this week and that was originally the target for phase 1 of the refurbishment to be ...
Essex Barn Renovation – Windows
Monday, 19th August 2013 | by: Peter Barry
We’re now 6 weeks in to phase 1 of the work and I’d estimate that we’ve fallen a couple of weeks behind the ...
Essex Barn Renovation – Insulation
Saturday, 3rd August 2013 | by: Peter Barry
We’re now a little over halfway through phase 1 of our barn refurbishment. The structure of the barn is long and narrow so it divides quite neatly in to 2 parts with a sound and dust proof screen in the middle. Phase 1, the smaller half of the barn, is programmed to take 9 weeks following which we swap halves with the builders and work continues for a further 14 weeks. Doing the work in 2 ...
We’re now a little over halfway through phase 1 of our barn refurbishment. The structure of the barn is long and narrow so ...
Essex Barn Renovation – The Planning Process
Tuesday, 9th July 2013 | by: Peter Barry
As you can see from the picture below, work is now well underway on the refurbishment of our barn. The lower part of that ...
Essex Barn Renovation
Friday, 28th June 2013 | by: Peter Barry
Having talked about it for many years my family and I ‘escaped to the country’ in October last year; specifically to a ...
Case Study – How Using a Professional can save you Money
Wednesday, 26th October 2011 | by: Peter Barry
We’ve written quite a few posts over the last few months on how the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act ...
