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July 8, 2024 All, Construction, Dilapidations, Neighbourly Matters, Residential Property, Rights of Light, Thought Leadership, UK Property News admin

Four Neighbourly Considerations for Home Extensions

Planning a home extension is a popular venture that offers increased space and comfort without the rigours of moving house. However, a responsible and sustainable extension involves more than just grand designs. It requires careful consideration of neighbouring properties. Read on to discover four key factors to consider when planning an extension to ensure harmonious […]

January 4, 2024 All, Neighbourly Matters, Team Showcase admin

Introducing James Hargreaves – An expert in Neighbourly Matters

Over the past couple of months, we have made some incredible additions to the AWH team, and in November 2023 we enhanced our Rights of Light team even further with the appointment of James Hargreaves, who has joined us as Rights of Light Associate Director. James is a specialist in the area of practice known […]

October 2, 2023 All, Rights of Light, Team Showcase admin

Helping shed light on design issues – Introducing Peter Spence

We have an outstanding Rights of Lights department, who have worked on hundreds of cases over the years. But we know talent when we see it and are delighted to have been joined by Peter Spence, an expert in the field who we know will help take us to new heights. Originally Peter started in […]

January 4, 2022 All admin

When Is Spite Not A Folly?

We love property and have been privileged to carry out valuations and surveys of buildings of all kinds and sizes over the years – well, with perhaps two exceptions. To ease us all into 2022, we thought it would be fun to explore two types of building you won’t see very often; Folly buildings and […]

May 11, 2021 All, Rights of Light admin

Is your Right to Light being threatened?

What is a Right to Light? A Right to Light is a legal right to enjoy the natural light that passes over someone else’s land, the servient land, and enters through defined apertures in the landowner’s buildings such as windows, skylights and glass roofs. The benefitting landowner is entitled to receive sufficient natural light through […]

February 21, 2020 All, Rights of Light admin

True or False: Rights to Light Misconceptions

In one of our previous posts, we have defined Rights to Light as a legal right that allows property owners to receive light from the sky in their property without disturbances. Based on this, anyone with a right to light can seek for compensation once loss of light has been proven. However, there are common misconceptions regarding […]

November 11, 2019 All, Rights of Light admin

Rights of Light VS Right to Sunlight and Daylight: What’s the difference?

There are several factors to consider when planning or proposing a development. Whether you’re the developing party or a neighbour, it is important to know the basics of Rights of Light, Sunlight and Daylight. Before understanding their differences, let us first discuss each assessment. Rights of Light A right to light is a legal right or an […]

October 10, 2019 All, Rights of Light admin

What is Rights of Light / Rights to Light?

With calls to build on the green belts and inner cities becoming increasingly built up – right to light law is becoming a serious issue for both developers and neighbours. What is a Right to Light? A Right to Light is a common law issue. Once a window on a property has been in place […]

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