LATEST BLOG POSTS: Party Wall Questions
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.
Party Wall Questions #8
Thursday, 25th August 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question An Adjoining Owner is served with a notice just days before they are due to exchange contracts on the sale of their property. Do they have a duty to make the incoming Owner aware of the notice and if they consent is the incoming Owner bound by that consent? This is another question that was raised at a recent FPWS North London forum meeting which I helped to organise. I would ...
Question An Adjoining Owner is served with a notice just days before they are due to exchange contracts on the sale of ...
Party Wall Questions #7
Wednesday, 17th August 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question The Government Explanatory Booklet lists certain jobs as being so minor they do not warrant the serving of a ...
Party Wall Questions #6
Thursday, 17th March 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question A leasehold owner of a ground floor flat proposes to underpin the rear external walls (not party walls) of their ...
Party Wall Questions #5
Tuesday, 15th March 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question What factors should a Surveyor consider when setting the hourly rate to use when calculating expenses for ...
Party Wall Questions #4
Saturday, 12th March 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question I recently arranged to meet a Building Owner’s surveyor on site to prepare a schedule of condition only to find ...
Party Wall Questions #3
Tuesday, 1st February 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question Can a Building Owner cast a new mass concrete foundation above and alongside the projecting concrete foundation to ...
Party Wall Questions #2
Wednesday, 26th January 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question An Owner of a terraced house wishes to convert his original first floor balcony to an additional room. The balcony is built against an original party wall which is enclosed on the Adjoining Owner’s side - the balconies were built on the same side of each house in the terrace. Would Section 11(11) expenses be payable to the Adjoining Owner? This is another question that was ...
Question An Owner of a terraced house wishes to convert his original first floor balcony to an additional room. The balcony ...
Party Wall Questions #1
Saturday, 22nd January 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question An Owner plans to add an additional floor to the back addition of his late Victorian terraced house by raising a ...
