Category Archives: Building Surveying

With just over four months elapsed since the second amendment to the Building Control Regulations, which allows an option to ‘‘opt out’’ of the need to appoint an Assigned Certifier (AC), reports from the Local Authority Building Control, states that there was a sharp fall in the submission of Commencement Notices before 1st September introduction,…

Noel Larkin answers a readers question in The Irish Times December 3rd 2015 Q There was a recent query about constructing a new garage and I wanted to expand on it a little. I have just agreed to purchase a house that has no garage and I want to build one and a home workshop…

Q I’ve been living abroad for more than 20 years. My husband and I hope to buy a small house in Dublin next year. It is very commonplace on thecontinent to have shutters on the windows of your home. Our 1930s house even has metal folding shutters for the front door. As we would not…

Here's Noel Larkin's  answer to a readers question Published in Irish Times, Property Clinic Section, Dated 29th October 2015 Q My next-door neighbour is erecting a stand-alone structure ie, it is not attached to the side or rear of his house – of about 32.5sq m (350sq ft) and an external wall height of about 3.025m (10…