Phillipa is a Chartered Building Surveyor with a decade of professional experience across the residential and commercial property sectors. After achieving a Building Surveying MSc with Distinction at London Southbank University, she became Chartered in 2019.
Phillipa specialises in RICS Home Surveys but also undertakes schedules of condition, condition reports, and planned maintenance programmes.
In addition, Phillipa is ‘asbestos aware’, having completed the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) Category A course.
Advances in technology often affect how we carry out our work and this is particularly true for recording schedules of condition. In case you are not aware, a schedule of condition is a detailed record of the parts of a property that are at risk of being damaged by building works close by. Although not specifically mentioned ... 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 34 Bull Lane, Dagenham RM10 7HA, Mr Shah (the ‘building owner’), commenced work at his property and those works are alleged to have caused damage to the adjoining property, ... Read More >>
At Peter Barry Surveyors, we have to consider how the foundations of a client's kitchen extension interact with neighbouring properties and the Party Wall Act. It’s a fair question, especially when comparing older properties with modern builds. And while the regulations themselves haven’t explicitly mandated deeper ... Read More >>