David joined Peter Barry in 2023 as a Residential Surveyor focusing on L2 Home Survey reports.
He was one of the first surveyors to achieve AssocRICS in the country, in late 2014. David has worked for large corporates and smaller surveying firms since he qualified. David is at his best and happiest when explaining and advising clients.
Before becoming a surveyor, David obtained a degree in Built Environment from UWE in Bristol and started out within the property industry as an estate agent in 2007.
In his free time, David performs and teaches circus skills for children and adults.
While party wall surveyors do not have the jurisdiction to determine boundaries, we are sometimes required to authorise works which interact with a boundary. We therefore need to have a good understanding of how boundaries are determined and an awareness of when disputes do and do not prevent us from completing the task that we ... Read More >>
This is part of our series on court judgements that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The Background The owner of Princes Gate Mews, London SW7 2PS, Mr Evans (the “building owner”), planned to construct a basement extension. She notified the owners of number 11, Ms Paterson and Ms ... Read More >>
This is part of our series on court judgments that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The Background The owner of 15 Urswick Road, London E9 6EG, Mr Femi Onigbanjo (the “building owner”), carried out works falling within the scope of the Act and notified the adjoining owners at No 17, Mr ... Read More >>