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.
It is not uncommon to discover that your neighbour has gone ahead, or is about to go ahead, with building works that fall under party wall legislation without following the correct procedures. Indeed, at Peter Barry Surveyors, we are used to getting two or three phone calls a week from adjoining owners whose neighbours are carrying out qualifying works without having served the notice(s) legally ...
It is not uncommon to discover that your neighbour has gone ahead, or is about to go ahead, with building works that fall ...
The Party Wall Act is a slightly complicated piece of legislation, and the industry is essentially self-regulating. This ...
Over the last couple of years we’ve put on a series of lunchtime CPD sessions covering party wall procedures for ...
Completing the party wall awards is often the last part of the jigsaw required to allow work to commence on site and the ...
A question came up on a recent party wall job which led to an interesting debate on what the section 11(11) expenses should ...
Following a public consultation and weeks of political wrangling temporary changes to the Permitted Development rules came ...
Question A pair of semi-detached houses have each been converted in to flats. The flats are each held on long leases with the Freeholds owned by investment companies. The owner of one of the top floor flats proposes to convert their roof space - the work requires 3 beams to be cut in to the party wall. Which Owners should be served with a notice? This is another question that was ...
Question A pair of semi-detached houses have each been converted in to flats. The flats are each held on long leases ...
Question Does the Adjoining Owner’s surveyor a) Have any responsibility to ensure that the design of the ...
Question In light of Kaye v Lawrence can the panel give some examples of the types of work to a residential property that ...
Question A Building Owner’s basement conversion works damage the party wall to such an extent that the remedy is partial ...