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.
This is part of our series on court judgements that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The Background The owner of Princes Gate Mews, London SW7 2PS, Mr Evans (the “building owner”), planned to construct a basement extension. She notified the owners of number 11, Ms Paterson and Ms McGeevy-Harris (the “adjoining owners”), under the Act. The adjoining ...
This is part of our series on court judgements that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The ...
This is part of our series on court judgments that significantly changed the way that surveyors administer the Act. The ...
Over the coming months we’ll be summarising some of the party wall cases that have been determined by the courts. When ...
What is Section 11(11) of the Party Wall Act? Section 11(11) of the Party Wall Act addresses the financial aspect of ...
When we receive an enquiry from a property owner who is wishes to undertake work, our knowledgeable team will review the ...
The new Labour Government have revealed proposals that will encourage home owners to extend their property upwards by making ...
Drafting your own party wall notices might seems like an obvious way to cut costs but the opposite is generally true. If your neighbour receives a notice that looks like something you’ve found on the internet, or got from your builder, alarm bells will ring. They will be more likely to contact a surveyor for advice and, when they’re told that you will be paying the fees, appoint ...
Drafting your own party wall notices might seems like an obvious way to cut costs but the opposite is generally true. If ...
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 ...
For surveyors who undertake this form of work day in day out, it can be easy to assume that there is good general ...
It is not uncommon to discover that your neighbour has gone ahead, or is about to go ahead, with building works that fall ...