LATEST BLOG POSTS: Party Walls

Welcome to Peter Barry’s blog posts. You’ll find a range of topics focussing on issues that are important to our clients where we try to answer the questions that we regularly get asked.

Boundaries and the Party Wall Act

Wednesday, 12th March 2025 | by: Peter Barry

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 were appointed to complete. Legal Boundaries Let’s start with ...

While party wall surveyors do not have the jurisdiction to determine boundaries, we are sometimes required to authorise ...

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Practice Changing Party Wall Case Law – Evans v Paterson (2021)

Wednesday, 19th February 2025 | by: Peter Barry

This is part of our series on court judgements that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The ...

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Practice Changing Party Wall Case Law – Onigbanjo v Pearson (2008)

Monday, 13th January 2025 | by: Peter Barry

This is part of our series on court judgments that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The ...

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Practice Changing Party Wall Case Law – Introduction

Monday, 13th January 2025 | by: Peter Barry

Over the coming months we’ll be summarising some of the party wall cases that have been determined by the courts. When ...

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Understanding Section 11(11) of the Party Wall Act: Enclosure Cost Payments

Tuesday, 7th January 2025 | by: Matthew Price

What is Section 11(11) of the Party Wall Act? Section 11(11) of the Party Wall Act addresses the financial aspect of ...

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Basement Extension Quotations

Monday, 2nd December 2024 | by: Matthew Price

When we receive an enquiry from a property owner who wishes to undertake work, our knowledgeable team will review the ...

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Labour’s Plan for Higher Roof Extensions

Thursday, 22nd August 2024 | by: Matthew Price

The new Labour Government have revealed proposals that will encourage home owners to extend their property upwards by making it much harder for Council's to reject planning permission. Currently, permission can be rejected on account of an additional storey simply being too high or because neighbours do not have additional stories. The vast majority on London's housing stock is Victorian, ...

The new Labour Government have revealed proposals that will encourage home owners to extend their property upwards by making ...

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WHY YOU SHOULD ASK A PARTY WALL SURVEYOR TO PREPARE YOUR NOTICES

Sunday, 22nd October 2023 | by: Peter Barry

Drafting your own party wall notices might seems like an obvious way to cut costs but the opposite is generally true. If ...

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The Party Wall Act – Common Misunderstandings

Monday, 10th July 2023 | by: Peter Barry

The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 has been with us for nearly thirty years but it is becoming clear that a large section of the ...

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What is a Party Wall Award (Agreement)?

Tuesday, 7th February 2023 | by: Matthew Price

For surveyors who undertake this form of work day in day out, it can be easy to assume that there is good general ...

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