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What is the Party Wall Act?
The Party Wall etc Act 1996 sets out framework to ensure that adjoining owner protections are in place in advance of a building owner carrying out construction works to their property.
The Act places obligations on the building owner, notably that they will need to notify an adjoining owner in advance and in writing of the proposed works
The adjoining owner can respond to this notification with the appointment of a Party Wall Surveyor, with that Surveyor then formally administering the Act, concluding in a Party Wall Award or agreement.
Party Wall Works can be separated into three different categories:
Works directly to a Party Wall, a Party Structure (ceiling or floor) or a Party Fence Wall (garden wall).
Digging within 6 metres of any neighbouring property (this includes any structure that forms part of the property).
Building new walls up to, or on the boundary line between two different properties.
What Is the Party Wall Process?
Party Wall Notice
If the planned works are covered by the Act, the building owner has a legal requirement to give written Notice to the adjoining owner a minimum of one or two months prior to the works commencing.
Party Wall Surveyors
If the adjoining owner doesn’t provide their written consent to the Notice, the Act allows for both parties to each appoint their own Party Wall Surveyors, or to agree on the appointment of a single joint impartial Surveyor, referred to as an Agreed Surveyor.
Party Wall Award
The Party Wall Surveyor, or Surveyors, will prepare a legal document referred to as an Award. This specifies the work that can be carried out and how and when they can be done. The Party Wall Award ensures both owners have necessary legal protections in place.
Our fees are the lowest in the market, we achieve this by operating a desktop based model which is underpinned through the use of RICS standard Notice and Award templates ensuring smooth agreement.
Building Owner Information
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Option 1: Consent Consenting, means the adjoining owners will be giving you the go ahead without any further of the Act’s procedures being followed. |
Notice Service: £20.00 + VAT. |
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Option 2: Dissent, Agreed Surveyor Appointment Dissenting and appointing an Agreed Party Wall Surveyor means that one of our Surveyors acts impartially on behalf of both you and the adjoining owner agreeing a Party Wall Award. |
Notice Service: £20.00 + VAT. Acting as the Agreed Surveyor: £300.00 + VAT. |
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Option 3: Party Wall Notice Dissent, Two Surveyor Appointment Dissenting and appointing their own Surveyor, this will mean that a Surveyor acts for the adjoining owner and one of our Surveyors acts on your behalf. Both Surveyors will undertake the same roles as response option 2, concluding their input via the agreement of a Party Wall Award. |
Notice Service: £20.00 + VAT. Acting as the building owner’s Surveyor: £325.00 + VAT. Adjoining owner’s Surveyor’s fee. We would advise a budget of up to £1500.00 + VAT. This is not a fee we are charging, instead your neighbour’s surveyor’s fee that you are liable for. |
Want a Fixed Fee Quote?
If you’re a building owner and would like to obtain a Party Wall Service quote, simply complete the form below, we will review and respond with a fixed cost quotation.
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Adjoining Owner Information
Want to appoint us as your Party Wall Surveyor
If you’re an adjoining owner you will not be liable for the fees, it is the building owner who covers these.
If want to appoint us as your Party Wall Surveyor, simply complete the form below.