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.
The Leasehold Reform and Urban Development Act, 1993, establishes the valuation basis and legal framework for leaseholders to extend their lease (as well as enfranchise). The most common way to enact the Act, is to serve a Section 42 notice with the help of a specialist solicitor, but this does come with a raft of stipulations and costs, and is a course of action that should not be taken ...
The Leasehold Reform and Urban Development Act, 1993, establishes the valuation basis and legal framework for leaseholders ...
The increasingly dire chances for first time buyers to get on the property ladder in London are well documented in the ...
We have recently added a tool to our website that allows you to get an idea as to the cost of your lease extension. Around ...
With London being London, seemingly any space that can be developed is being developed. The more typical schemes are loft ...
The leasehold valuation team here at Peter Barry recently attended the annual Leasehold Advisory conference that brings ...
There is a lot in the news of late about the UK’s broken housing market. Spiraling house prices, unaffordable rents, ...
We are regularly instructed to prepare valuations on leasehold flats located above commercial premises. The shortage of properties at the lower end of the housing market makes the purchase of this type of property increasingly popular. However, the presence of the commercial element below makes the task of providing an accurate valuation more difficult. Small shops frequent high streets across ...
We are regularly instructed to prepare valuations on leasehold flats located above commercial premises. The shortage of ...
Freehold enfranchisement is increasingly popular among leaseholders, who are encouraged by the prospect of owning their own ...
With space in London at a premium and house prices seemingly always rising, extending your property is seen as an attractive ...
Well the good news is that Brexit is no longer the biggest political story of the years. Donald has trumped it, taking the ...