South West London Surveyors – Party Wall Matters

Specialist Party Wall Surveyors

Party Wall Surveyors - South West London - Example 1

What is the Party Wall, Etc, Act 1996?

 

Party Wall Surveyors Can Help Your With:

Loft Conversions, Basement Conversions, Rear Extensions & Internal Structural Alterations are all types of building works covered by the provisions of the Party Wall Etc, Act 1996.

  • If you are a building owner intending on undertaking such works you will need to be aware of your legal obligations and rights under the Act.
  • If you are an adjoining owner and your neighbour is undertaking such building works it is important that you are aware of your rights of protection and compensation against potential damage and loss under the Act.

Party Wall Surveyors for Party Wall Disputes

 

A dispute occurs when dissent from a Notice is acknowledged. The Act recognises a failure to respond to a Party Structure Notice or a Notice of Excavation within 14 days as a dissent.

If a dispute occurs, an award must be entered into and both (or all) parties must appoint a surveyor. Generally, the surveyor’s fees for acting as the ‘Adjoining Owner’s Surveyor’ will be paid by the building owner under the Act although this must be agreed. Care should be taken as if a surveyor is appointed prematurely and before a dispute has ended their fees may not be covered in full.

We regularly act as building owner’s Surveyor, Adjoining Owner’s Surveyor or as Agreed Surveyor. As a Party Wall Surveyor we must remain impartial which allows us to ensure that the best solutions to any disputes are undertaken and that all parties are equally protected.

South West London Surveyors Party Wall Act 1996

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    Party Wall Surveyors - South West London - Handling Party Wall Disputes
    Party Wall Surveyors - South West London - Basement Conversions, Demolition & Deep Excavations

    Party Wall Surveyors for

    Basement Conversions, Demolition & Deep Excavations

    At SWL surveyors we regularly work on behalf of adjoining owners where their neighbour is undertaking a basement conversion, demolishing an existing attached building and/or where their neighbour is undertaking deep excavation in close proximity to their structure.

    If your neighbour is undertaking any of these works it is important that you appoint a party wall surveyor experienced in representing adjoining owners for such works.

    This is to ensure the planned works are properly reviewed by a structural engineer known as a an “advising engineer” and to ensure that your property is protected during the works by way of structural monitoring and if applicable that the person undertaking the works (the building owner) places a sum of money in a security account known as an “escrow”.

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