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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.

Dealing with Unregulated Changes

Tuesday, 15th November 2016 | by: Peter Barry

Alterations to properties that do not have Building Regulation approval have the potential to fatally derail the conveyancing process and cause the parties to incur wasted costs if not addressed early. It’s an area where solicitors, surveyors and agents should work together to try and find a solution which will allow the sale to progress. The types of alterations that require Building ...

Alterations to properties that do not have Building Regulation approval have the potential to fatally derail the ...

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In the Words of Queen Elsa, “Let It Go”

Tuesday, 15th November 2016 | by: Peter Barry

One of the more uncomfortable aspects of helping to man the RICS’s Party Wall Helpline is the calls I receive from irate ...

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The whole Thing is Corrupt (or Why Party Wall Surveyors Should Never Ask for Testimonials)

Tuesday, 19th July 2016 | by: Peter Barry

A large proportion of our work relates to resolving disputes under the Party Wall Act. If you are familiar with the Act ...

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Solicitor’s Guide to Reading Survey Reports

Saturday, 5th March 2016 | by: Peter Barry

As I was coming to the end of a Homebuyer inspection of a terraced property last autumn I decided to take a wander down the ...

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Why Surveyors Rarely go to the FTT

Saturday, 5th March 2016 | by: Matthew Price

In my day to day role which includes providing potential clients with fee quotations I am often asked as to the likely costs ...

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Email Etiquette for Professionals

Saturday, 5th March 2016 | by: Peter Barry

I was recently appointed to agree a party wall award with another surveyor whom I had not worked with before. He sent me the ...

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We recently used Peter Barry Chartered Surveyors to handle our party wall agreement and were extremely pleased with the service we received.

From start to finish, the team was professional, knowledgeable, and very responsive. They explained the party wall process clearly, kept everything moving efficiently.

Communication was excellent throughout, and we felt confident that everything was being handled properly and fairly for all parties involved.

I would highly recommend Peter Barry Chartered Surveyors to anyone needing party wall advice or surveying services.
Professional, diligent and very quick. I was offered a call with David Breeze after his survey, which was incredibly helpful - as he was able to explain "in real English" what was in the report and which elements I needed to be most/less concerned about. Would highly recommend!
Very pleased so far with Katie's thoroughness and support
Long may it continue!
We used Peter Barry Surveyors for a Schedule of Condition Report. The service was provided at short notice which we were extremely grateful for. Following our initial contact with Tracey Stephens who was really helpful to us, we had a visit from Argash Thasan arranged within a few days of our first contact. Argash provided us with a great service. He was polite, friendly, and professional, answered our questions clearly, and with knowledge and expertise of party wall matters. We received a thorough report and a detailed range of accompanying photos. We would highly recommend the services of Peter Barry Surveyors.
Peter Barry has been very professional throughout the process of conducting a level 3 building survey and feasibility report. The report itself was very detailed with plenty of images to support the text. We also had opportunity before and after to speak to the surveyor at length which was very helpful.
We've used Peter Barry twice now for RICS Level 2 (Homebuyer) Reports, each time they provided a detailed and clear report within a week of attending the property with the team being responsive and helpful with any queries we had - would highly recommend.
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