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.
I would estimate that at least 80% of misunderstandings relating to the The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 could be cleared up if people understood the purpose and process as outlined in these 6 steps: The building owner (the party undertaking the work) notifies affected adjoining owners of any work falling within the scope of the Act. Upon receiving the notice(s) the adjoining owner either ...
I would estimate that at least 80% of misunderstandings relating to the The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 could be cleared up if ...
A question came up on a recent party wall job which led to an interesting debate on what the section 11(11) expenses should ...
We prepare several fee proposals for party wall services every week. Building owners preparing to undertake works like the ...
I’ve had to prepare a couple of valuations recently for owners that wanted to either buy or sell a roof space. The most ...
3 Chartered Surveyors were set a challenge by their boss to increase fee income in the year ahead by 10%. The building ...
Following a public consultation and weeks of political wrangling temporary changes to the Permitted Development rules came ...
You’ve probably read newspaper articles about warring neighbours who’ve spent tens of thousands of pounds going to court over a 6 inch strip of land. Until now boundary disputes have been dealt with by the courts and the lack of a statutory framework means that costs often escalate to level well in excess of the value of the land that is being argued over. Fortunately, that may be about to ...
You’ve probably read newspaper articles about warring neighbours who’ve spent tens of thousands of pounds going to court ...
The Subterranean Development Bill was originally an amendment to the Localism Bill sponsored by Lord Selsdon and drafted by ...
Many adjoining owners wrongly assume that a potential injury to their light is a matter that should be discussed by the ...
This is a guest post by our colleagues at Darlington Solicitors. As solicitors, we know that it’s hard enough for any ...