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.
April 2024 Update: The Tory Government had ditches a manifesto pledge to reduce ground rents to zero, which was one of the options on the table for leasehold reform. Whilst this still leaves the 0.1% option on the table the door is now open for the Leasehold Reform Bill to be watered down further perhaps scrapped, as Michael Gove said would happen in early 2023 (prior to it being ...
April 2024 Update: The Tory Government had ditches a manifesto pledge to reduce ground rents to zero, which was one of ...
Having buildings insurance for your home or residential investment is clearly a no brainer, but how much thought do you give ...
Drafting your own party wall notices might seems like an obvious way to cut costs but the opposite is generally true. If ...
The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 has been with us for nearly thirty years but it is becoming clear that a large section of the ...
When several individuals co-own a property, there are two possible ways in which the property can be legally held: as 'joint ...
Despite the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, stating in January 2023 that he wished to "abolish the feudal ...
Over the years, the Peter Barry team has carried out numerous pre-purchase property surveys for clients intending to buy houses of non-traditional construction. Non-standard properties can often be a source of concern for both buyers and mortgage lenders as there’s a risk of defects not found in general housing stock that might require expensive repairs. In this blog, we explore different ...
Over the years, the Peter Barry team has carried out numerous pre-purchase property surveys for clients intending to buy ...
For surveyors who undertake this form of work day in day out, it can be easy to assume that there is good general ...
It is not uncommon to discover that your neighbour has gone ahead, or is about to go ahead, with building works that fall ...
If your neighbour is proposing building works that fall under the remit of the Party Wall Act 1996, there is a clear legal ...