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 leaseholder’s wish list
Monday, 13th March 2017 | by: Matthew Price
The leasehold valuation team here at Peter Barry recently attended the annual Leasehold Advisory conference that brings together tenants, managing agents, solicitors, valuers and all other people/bodies that have a interest in the current leasehold sector. The conference was celebrating its 15th year and whilst a lot has changed since 2002, many of the gripes and bugbears of the various groups ...
The leasehold valuation team here at Peter Barry recently attended the annual Leasehold Advisory conference that brings ...
Valuing Lease Extensions and Enfranchisements of Houses
Thursday, 23rd February 2017 | by: Matthew Price
There is a lot in the news of late about the UK’s broken housing market. Spiraling house prices, unaffordable rents, ...
The Challenges of Valuing Above Commercial Property
Tuesday, 17th January 2017 | by: Ryan Sherar
We are regularly instructed to prepare valuations on leasehold flats located above commercial premises. The shortage of ...
WHAT’S UP IN THE LOFT? FREEHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT VALUE COMPENSATION
Thursday, 12th January 2017 | by: Steve Hobbs
Freehold enfranchisement is increasingly popular among leaseholders, who are encouraged by the prospect of owning their own ...
Loft Spaces – Do You Actually Own Yours?
Tuesday, 10th January 2017 | by: Matthew Price
With space in London at a premium and house prices seemingly always rising, extending your property is seen as an attractive ...
Lease Extensions and Freehold Enfranchisement – A Guide to the Formal Process
Monday, 2nd May 2016 | by: Matthew Price
Notices Once you have received a copy of your report you will need to pass a copy to your solicitor who will use our best ...
Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 Part III: Missing or Neglectful Landlords – A Cheaper Way to Capture the Freehold
Monday, 22nd February 2016 | by: Steve Hobbs
Most surveyors and solicitors practicing in the leasehold property sector will be familiar with the rights of lessees to obtain their freehold either by way of a collective enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, or (in the event of a disposal by the landlord) by electing to the collective Right of First Refusal under Part I of the Landlord and Tenant ...
Most surveyors and solicitors practicing in the leasehold property sector will be familiar with the rights of lessees to ...
Assessing a Fair Lease Extension Premium: The Impartial Approach
Monday, 15th September 2014 | by: Steve Hobbs
The statutory lease extension process, as with so many Landlord and Tenant matters, is traditionally adversarial. However, ...
The Benefits of Approaching your Freeholder Informally for a Lease Extension
Tuesday, 9th September 2014 | by: Matthew Price
The most common way for a leaseholder to extend their lease involves a solicitor serving a Section 42 notice (S42) on their ...
The Benefits of Extending Your Lease in Good Time
Friday, 9th November 2012 | by: Peter Barry
If you own a flat or maisonette it is almost certainly held on a lease. The original term of the lease is likely to have ...
