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.
Registered charities must obtain an RICS Red Book valuation from a suitably qualified Chartered Surveyor before entering into a transaction for disposal. This includes selling, letting and also the granting of new rights. Sections 117 to 121 of the Charities Act 2011 outline the procedure that ensures the disposal is on the best terms reasonably possible in terms of value. The procedures do ...
Registered charities must obtain an RICS Red Book valuation from a suitably qualified Chartered Surveyor before entering ...
One of the most well known and widely used surveying standards are technically named “Red Book” Valuations or RICS ...
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 together tenants, managing agents, solicitors, valuers and all other people/bodies that have a interest in the current leasehold sector. The conference was celebrating its 15th year and whilst a lot has changed since 2002, many of the gripes and bugbears of the various groups ...
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 ...
Freehold enfranchisement is increasingly popular among leaseholders, who are encouraged by the prospect of owning their own ...