Galway construction runs from city renovation to Connemara one-off builds - a county where the self-build tradition is strongest and where the distance between a good project and a bad one is usually the paperwork nobody wanted to bother with. We act for Galway homeowners, self-builders and trades across the full dispute range.
Construction Law in Galway
Galway disputes proceed through the Galway Circuit Court sittings, with Galway City Council and Galway County Council administering building control. The county's construction identity is the one-off dwelling: contractor-built or direct-labour, BCAR-certified or opted out, and generating a distinctive dispute pattern around staged payments, certifier roles and post-completion defects.
The Galway files we open most are self-build and renovation disputes where payments drifted ahead of work or defects surfaced after handover - cases won by expert evidence and clean sequencing. Payment recovery for the county's subcontractors runs alongside, with the 2013 Act's 28-day adjudication as effective in the west as anywhere. And for homes near the Mayo and Clare borders showing blocks-type damage, the scheme-designation and private-claim analysis is a conversation worth having early.
Mary Molloy Solicitors are solicitors, not engineers, architects or building surveyors. Nothing on this page is a technical assessment of any property or works. Defects claims stand or fall on independent expert evidence — a chartered engineer’s or building surveyor’s report — obtained early. Scheme rules, grant rates and legislation in this area change frequently; confirm the current position before making any decision.
How We Work With Galway Clients
Building disputes run on documents, phone and email: the contract, the payment trail, the photographs and the expert report travel perfectly well, and you only ever travel if a hearing requires it. From our Dublin office (The Ormond Building, 31-36 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7) and Kilkenny office (2 Rose Inn Street), we act for homeowners, self-builders, subcontractors and SME contractors in Galway on defects claims, builder disputes, adjudication and payment recovery. Start with the Dispute Route Finder or call 01 5827148.
A Building Dispute in Galway?
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