LATEST BLOG POSTS: Surveying
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.
Essex Barn Renovation – Insulation
Saturday, 3rd August 2013 | by: Peter Barry
We’re now a little over halfway through phase 1 of our barn refurbishment. The structure of the barn is long and narrow so it divides quite neatly in to 2 parts with a sound and dust proof screen in the middle. Phase 1, the smaller half of the barn, is programmed to take 9 weeks following which we swap halves with the builders and work continues for a further 14 weeks. Doing the work in 2 ...
We’re now a little over halfway through phase 1 of our barn refurbishment. The structure of the barn is long and narrow so ...
Adjoining Owners’ Surveyor’s Fees
Friday, 12th July 2013 | by: Peter Barry
3 Chartered Surveyors were set a challenge by their boss to increase fee income in the year ahead by 10%. The building ...
Essex Barn Renovation – The Planning Process
Tuesday, 9th July 2013 | by: Peter Barry
As you can see from the picture below, work is now well underway on the refurbishment of our barn. The lower part of that ...
New Rules Covering Rear Extensions
Friday, 28th June 2013 | by: Peter Barry
Following a public consultation and weeks of political wrangling temporary changes to the Permitted Development rules came ...
Inverted Pitched Roofs – Common Defects
Friday, 28th June 2013 | by: Peter Barry
In this post we will be looking at roofs. I thought I would start with a riddle, what is one of the most common types of ...
Essex Barn Renovation
Friday, 28th June 2013 | by: Peter Barry
Having talked about it for many years my family and I ‘escaped to the country’ in October last year; specifically to a ...
A New Way to Resolve Boundary Disputes
Friday, 5th April 2013 | by: Peter Barry
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 Benefits of Extending Your Lease in Good Time
Friday, 9th November 2012 | by: Peter Barry
If you own a flat or maisonette it is almost certainly held on a lease. The original term of the lease is likely to have ...
Subterranean Development Bill
Saturday, 4th August 2012 | by: Peter Barry
The Subterranean Development Bill was originally an amendment to the Localism Bill sponsored by Lord Selsdon and drafted by ...
Japanese Knotweed… Ignore this plant at your cost
Tuesday, 19th June 2012 | by: Peter Barry
Over the last couple of years I have noticed that Japanese knotweed has received an increasing amount of press coverage, the ...
