Property Clinic: The area is overgrown with weeds and briars and is infested with rats

Property Clinic: The smoke is extremely unpleasant and unhealthy. What can we do?

Property Clinic: My late parents’ home is on a large site with room for up to extra houses

Sound transfer should not negatively affect your ‘quiet enjoyment’ of the property

Property Clinic: As a pensioner on a small income, I’m not prepared to bear most of the cost

Property Clinic: I can’t find a supplier in Ireland. Am I missing something obvious?

Property Clinic: My land’s boundaries are eight metres shorter than those on the map

Property Clinic: I’ve been told the bricklayer failed to install a damp tray. What can I do?

Refurbishment, maintenance and improvements are often covered by such funds

Check wooden slats and metal frames of balconies to ensure they can bear weight

You must apply for a planning ‘change of use’. This will require an application to the local authority

Property Clinic: The view is one of the best features of our upstairs layout

The advantage is you will save on professional fees, but a good agent is a valuable asset

Property Clinic: First of all check the planning permission granted for the development

It is important to take action to protect your home, although it will no doubt cause tension

He wants us to pay half the cost of repair, are we liable?

Property Clinic: What are the next steps I should take?

Property Clinic: An online search will reveal who the owner of the adjacent house is

To classify the space as a store when it is to be habitable can pose a real risk to occupants

Property Clinic: If he builds first, what happens if I want to extend later?

Property Clinic: Car parks have a maintenance budget which owners of spaces pay

Property Clinic: You will both benefit from the work being done, so split the cost

Property Clinic: You will need to purchase extra land for road and services access

Property Clinic: Agree works in writing in advance and review the tenancy agreement

Property Clinic: Practical issues that require attention to detail often escape landlord attention

Property Clinic: Rent cap discourages landlords from investing as there is no return

Ventilation is essential to prevent rafters suffering effects of condensation

Property Clinic: When funds are limited, invest where you will get the greatest return

Property Clinic: My front windows are double glazed and there is no problem with them

Property Clinic: Word of mouth matters to builders, ask them back to address the defect

Property Clinic: The onus is on the developer to verify the boundary location prior to making an application

Property Clinic: The way owners’ management companies work has big implications

Property Clinic: It won’t cover settlement cracking – but should cover subsidence

Property Clinic: Voting rights of the members in an owners’ management company in a mixed-use development are apportioned in a manner which is “fair and equitable”.

Property Clinic: The boundary wall set-back situation is fairly typical for one-off houses constructed in rural areas

Property Clinic: If you have not signed the lease, you have absolutely no rights of tenancy

Property Clinic: Most local authorities do not allow granny flats to be rented to the public

Property Clinic: Document everything if nearby building work is adversely affecting your home

Property Clinic: Every step on my stairs creaks like a haunted house. Is it fixable or do I need new stairs?

Property clinic: Preparation should reflect complexity – leave nothing to imagination

Property clinic: A legal agreement can make a gift revocable in the case of a break up

Property Clinic: Significant expenses associated with a second waste connection

Property Clinic: Shoddy work carried out by ‘builder’ next door is costing me dearly

Property Clinic: Can we expect the previous owner of the house to cover some of the cost of removal?

Property Clinic: New legislation increases time landlords must give to tenants

Property Clinic: Your neighbours have consulted a solicitor, it’s time you did too

Property clinic: If the joists are considered communal areas, insurance may cover them

The biggest issue with roofing a conservatory is the problem of condensation

Property Clinic: Her solicitor may have them, or yours may need to reconstruct them

Property Clinic: Something must have recently occurred to increase the moisture content of the wood

Make sure you have necessary records and the energy rating in order

Property Clinic: New company is billing her for service charges arrears from 2008

Property clinic: Roof access is a neighbourly gesture but insulation can cross party walls

Property Clinic: You should seek early engagement with your local authority

Property Clinic: ‘I hope to build it at the back of the garden, about 30ft from the house’

A works order from a court will be required if your neighbour refuses to relent

Property Clinic: Externally insulating the walls is not an option. What else can I do?

One of several solutions may be to screw-fix the board to the joists to secure the boards

Any new planning application, simply needs to show that the changed design still fits with the local authority’s planning strategy

Property Clinic: The cost of uPVC fascia has jumped from €1,500 to €2,800

Property Clinic: Don’t be fooled into thinking it’s a simple swap – there is much to consider

Property Clinic: Detailed assessment by an engineer should be carried out

Property Clinic: One commuter parks with no consideration for our need to come and go

Management company seems deterred by the €500 call-out fee, and fire system check is long overdue

Property Clinic: Landlords should serve a 14 day warning notice for failure to pay rent

You must contact your owners’ management company if it is not issuing you invoices

Property clinic: The problem here relates to the continuing ingress of water.

Property clinic: It is the duty of the landlord to ensure rodents can not easily gain access

Property Clinic: First look to installing additional insulation – in the loft, walls, windows and doors

Property Clinic: Is maintenace an issue and what waste-water problems might we face?

Property clinic: This is not just a breach of courtesy, but also the 2004 Tenancies Act

While frames and glazing are thermal determiners, a holistic house approach is best

Property Clinic: The property is very untidy and there is also damage to the patio door glass

Property Clinic: In casual conversation my neighbour has stated no right of way exists

Property Clinic: A professional agent should do the routine tasks in running the development

Property Clinic: ‘The smell is worst in the bedrooms. We are worried about our health’