LATEST BLOG POSTS: Party Walls
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 #10
Saturday, 3rd September 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question A Building Owner’s basement conversion works damage the party wall to such an extent that the remedy is partial re-building. The Adjoining Owner elects to receive a payment in lieu of the repair as they don’t trust the Building Owner’s contractor to undertake the works. Prior to carrying out the repair does the Adjoining Owner (now Building Owner) need to serve notice on the ...
Question A Building Owner’s basement conversion works damage the party wall to such an extent that the remedy is partial ...
Party Wall Questions #9
Wednesday, 31st August 2011 | by: Peter Barry
Question If a Building Owner appoints a surveyor on behalf of an Adjoining Owner in accordance with Section 10(4) can that ...
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 ...
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 that the foundations to the proposed rear extension had already been excavated and cast. In light of recent case law were we within our rights to produce an Award authorising the excavation work retrospectively. No damage had been caused at the time of our inspection ...
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 ...
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 ...
