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.
The Party Wall Act is a slightly complicated piece of legislation, and the industry is essentially self-regulating. This intends that surveyors tend to decide their fees as said by their situation in the market, the type of scheme, and the geographical region among other factors. Several surveyors will charge on an hourly basis and others will offer a fixed fee proposal. It’s possible for a ...
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 ...
Question Does the Adjoining Owner’s surveyor a) Have any responsibility to ensure that the design of the notified works is adequate? b) Have any power to insist that structural calculations etc. are checked by an engineer acting for the Adjoining Owner and that the Building Owner pays the cost of that engineer’s fees? Additional information from author of question In ...
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 ...
Question If a Building Owner appoints a surveyor on behalf of an Adjoining Owner in accordance with Section 10(4) can that ...