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.
Buying your Freehold – A Simple Example
Tuesday, 4th February 2020 | by: Matthew Price
We have previously covered worked examples of how a typical lease extension works but never freehold purchases (enfranchisements) as these are more complicated. It shouldn't really be this way, so this article will look at a typical scenario that Peter Barry encounters with a focus on simplicity. Part 1 - The Basics Of all the flat owners in your building, 50% will need to participate in the ...
We have previously covered worked examples of how a typical lease extension works but never freehold purchases ...
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 ...
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 & Matthew Barrett of Thirsk Winton LLP There are many things to consider when deciding whether to purchase leasehold property. Such properties are, by necessity, burdened by greater legal and valuation complexities and it would be easy to reach the conclusion that the ...
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 ...
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 ...
