
Justin has been a Chartered Surveyor for 15 years and joined the Peter Barry team as a consultant in 2023. Based in Chelmsford, he covers a wide area extending from North and East London to Ipswich, providing reliable and professional advice to clients across the region.
He specialises in RICS Home Surveys, undertaking both Level 2 and Level 3 reports. Justin is also an experienced RICS Registered Valuer, offering clear, well-reasoned valuations supported by his extensive industry knowledge.
Outside of work, Justin enjoys maintaining a healthy work-life balance and spending time with family and friends.
In the previous post, I looked at which owners should be notified of works directly affecting a party structure (under section 2) when the adjoining property is divided into flats. This post will cover the other two types of work that fall within the scope of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (the ‘Act’) from the same point of ... Read More >>
Once a building owner has established the layout and demise of the flats within an adjoining building, the next step is to work out how they are affected by the proposed works. It’s best to consider this in 2 parts by asking: What is the extent of the party structure that divides the building owner’s and adjoining ... Read More >>
Section 20 of the Act defines an owner, amongst other things, as ‘a person in possession of land, otherwise than as a mortgagee or as a tenant from year to year or for a lesser term or as a tenant at will’. As it makes no distinction between the various types of ‘ownership’ (only that the remaining term must be greater ... Read More >>