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 recently received an email from an owner who wanted me to look at a party wall award he’d recently received from his appointed surveyor and tell him what my fee would be for producing an identical document. Now, assuming that he was not enquiring about photocopying services the request made no sense but being the curious type I dug a bit deeper. A few emails later it transpired that ...
I recently received an email from an owner who wanted me to look at a party wall award he’d recently received from his ...
In the first half of this post I looked at how Section 12 of the Act, relating to Security for Expenses, is administered. I ...
Appointing Owner: Owner of a mid-terraced house in Highbury, London N1 Proposed work: Side return extension Notice ...
The Party Wall Act grants wide ranging rights to Building Owners, for example, an Adjoining Owner can be happily going about ...
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 would constitute a reasonable request for Security for Expenses in accordance with Section 12 of the Act? This is another question that was raised at a recent FPWS North London forum meeting which I helped to organise. I would welcome the views of other surveyors. If you ...
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 ...
Question An Adjoining Owner is served with a notice just days before they are due to exchange contracts on the sale of ...