Nick joined Peter Barry in 2015 bringing with him a wealth of experience in residential property matters from a prime Central London Estate Agents. Since qualifying as AssocRICS, Nick specialises in residential property surveys, licence to alterations and party wall work. Acting for both building owners and adjoining owners. Outside of work, Nick is a keen shooting enthusiast and has competed at various levels in clay pigeon shooting.
It used to be common for party wall awards to include an obligation for the building owner to ‘maintain or cause contractor(s) to maintain adequate insurance against such risks and provide evidence of this upon demand by the adjoining owner’s surveyor contractor’ and this was generally interpreted as the relatively ... Read More >>
I often tell adjoining owners that have suffered damage as a result of party wall work not to, under any circumstances, enter into discussions directly with their neighbours’ builder. By giving such advice, I’m not trying to make life difficult for building owners but rather making the point that under the Act it is the ... Read More >>
Right of first refusal (RFR) is invoked when the freeholder (landlord) wants to sell their interest in a building that is subject to RFR legislation and they are required under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (the “1987 Act”) to offer this interest to the leaseholders first.This can be the entire freehold, part of the ... Read More >>
