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.
May 2024 Update: Following Rishi Sunak's surprise General Election announcement, the The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act made it it through the 'wash up' and became law on 24 May 2024 stating "The Act will make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to buy their freehold, increase standard lease extension terms to 990 years for houses and flats". Excellent news for leaseholders with (yet ...
May 2024 Update: Following Rishi Sunak's surprise General Election announcement, the The Leasehold and Freehold Reform ...
Despite the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, stating in January 2023 that he wished to "abolish the feudal ...
This is a question that is asked from time to time, so it made sense to reveal a little detail on that subject. Peter ...
It is over a month since the Housing Secretary's announcement on Leasehold Reform. We wrote are response shortly after and ...
Following on from the Law Commissions Consultation and recommendations the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced ...
One of the most common reasons for leaseholders wanting to extend their leases is the need to sell. A property's value ...
It has been 100 days since Boris Johnson announced in a televised address, that the UK was to go into lockdown. At the time, Peter Barry Surveyors were quick to act and implement working practices that protected our clients and our staff with the wider scope for desktop studies for lease extensions and freehold acquisitions being a perfect example. With the reopening of non-essential ...
It has been 100 days since Boris Johnson announced in a televised address, that the UK was to go into lockdown. At the time, ...
As we all adjust to the new reality of home working everyone is having to adjust the way they do business. Residential ...
We have previously covered worked examples of how a typical lease extension works but never freehold purchases ...
One common type of enquiry we receive at Peter Barry, involves a leaseholder who's freeholder also resides in a property in ...