Mayo shares the defective blocks crisis with its northern neighbour - pyrite-driven damage through homes across the county, Mayo County Council among the designated authorities, and the 2025 Amendment Act's changes now live for Mayo applicants. We act for affected owners across the scheme's whole lifecycle, and for the county's ordinary building disputes alongside.
Construction Law in Mayo
Mayo County Council administers the DCB Grant Scheme for the county - with Mayo's damage profile notable for pyrite alongside mica, making the engineering evidence in each application the decisive battleground. The Amendment Act's February 2026 commencement brings the increased-grant pathway and doubled works window to Mayo files. Ordinary disputes proceed through the Mayo Circuit Court sittings.
Mayo blocks work runs from first applications and threshold disputes through remediation options, increased grants and affected-property transactions - with determination challenges engaging our judicial review practice where decisions are legally flawed. The county's wider caseload - one-off and holiday-home builds, renovations, trade payment recovery - runs on the same evidence-first method, with local engineers doing the inspecting and the documents doing the travelling.
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 Mayo 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 Mayo on defects claims, builder disputes, adjudication and payment recovery. Start with the Dispute Route Finder or call 01 5827148.
A Building Dispute in Mayo?
One call establishes your contract position, the evidence you need and the clock you are on. Call 01 5827148.
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