LATEST BLOG POSTS: Leasehold Valuations
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.
A Fair Lease Extension?
Friday, 10th January 2020 | by: Matthew Price
One common type of enquiry we receive at Peter Barry, involves a leaseholder who's freeholder also resides in a property in the same building. The leaseholder wants to extend their lease. As the two parties are neighbours, is it possible to grant this but it will still depend on particular circumstances. Leaseholder owns Share of Freehold If both have the same length of lease, you can skip ...
One common type of enquiry we receive at Peter Barry, involves a leaseholder who's freeholder also resides in a property in ...
Right of First Refusal – What is it, Who is Eligible and How does it Work?
Sunday, 7th July 2019 | by: Jean Gautier
Right of first refusal (RFR) is invoked when the freeholder (landlord) wants to sell their interest in a building that is ...
Lease Extensions and Freehold Enfranchisement – heading to Tribunal
Tuesday, 21st May 2019 | by: Peter Barry
When leaseholders enact their statutory right to extend their lease or buy their freehold by serving a formal notice of ...
INFORMAL LEASE EXTENSIONS – THE BENEFITS AND THE RISKS
Tuesday, 12th February 2019 | by: Peter Barry
Leaseholders have the right to extend their leases under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. Under ...
A guide to the residential lease extension process
Thursday, 17th January 2019 | by: Peter Barry
Leaseholders have the right to extend their leases under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. ...
Leasehold properties: What you need to know before you purchase
Tuesday, 20th November 2018 | by: Matthew Price
Leasehold properties: What you need to know before you purchase Written By Matthew Price of Peter Barry Surveyors & ...
Deed of Variation – A move to fairer Ground Rents?
Thursday, 22nd February 2018 | by: Matthew Price
Back in the middle of 2017, Taylor Wimpey amongst a few others, received blanket bad press for their involvement in the selling of leasehold houses, which included very aggressive ground rents. Headlines such as “£9,000 per year Ground Rent” and “Newlyweds unable to sell home due to legal catch that sees ground rent DOUBLE every decade” may have been the perfect fit for a modern emotive ...
Back in the middle of 2017, Taylor Wimpey amongst a few others, received blanket bad press for their involvement in the ...
Guide to Informal Lease Extensions
Wednesday, 20th September 2017 | by: Matthew Price
The Leasehold Reform and Urban Development Act, 1993, establishes the valuation basis and legal framework for leaseholders ...
Realities of Leasehold Ownership
Thursday, 22nd June 2017 | by: Matthew Price
The increasingly dire chances for first time buyers to get on the property ladder in London are well documented in the ...
Introducing our Leasehold Extension Calculator!
Sunday, 7th May 2017 | by: Matthew Price
We have recently added a tool to our website that allows you to get an idea as to the cost of your lease extension. Around ...
