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 ...
The statutory lease extension process, as with so many Landlord and Tenant matters, is traditionally adversarial. However, ...
The most common way for a leaseholder to extend their lease involves a solicitor serving a Section 42 notice (S42) on their ...
A question came up on a recent party wall job which led to an interesting debate on what the section 11(11) expenses should ...
As a result of the extreme weather over recent weeks I’ve taken a couple of calls from owners who have experienced ...
We prepare several fee proposals for party wall services every week. Building owners preparing to undertake works like the ...
In normal circumstances our clients will have agreed to purchase a property at a set price prior to instructing us to undertake a survey. That’s not possible if the subject property is being sold at auction. Auction houses tend to publish their catalogues, both in hard copy and online, about a month in advance. In the 2-3 weeks leading up to the sale there will be block viewings arranged at ...
In normal circumstances our clients will have agreed to purchase a property at a set price prior to instructing us to ...
Thursday evening’s collapse of a section of the ceiling at the Apollo Theatre in London brought in to sharp focus the need ...
I’ve had to prepare a couple of valuations recently for owners that wanted to either buy or sell a roof space. The most ...
We’re now 6 weeks in to phase 1 of the work and I’d estimate that we’ve fallen a couple of weeks behind the ...