
Maianh joined the Peter Barry team in March 2025. She graduated with a degree in Architectural Technology in 2021 and brings three years of experience in architecture from her previous role, adding valuable technical insight to the team.
Keen to broaden her professional expertise, Maianh chose to explore a new avenue in surveying to expand her knowledge and develop her understanding of the built environment from a different perspective.
Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, attending concerts, and travelling to new places whenever she can.
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 >>