In this weeks property surveying blog post, we are going to be discussing party fence walls and garden walls that separate respective owner’s properties. One of the most common questions we get asked here at Stokemont is whether a garden wall is a party wall. First...
In this weeks Property Surveying Blog Post we are going to be discussing construction works, through the eyes of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. If you are planning on undertaking construction works to your property, and you live in a terraced, semi-detached, or...
In this week’s Party Wall Surveying Blogpost, we are going to be discussing the procedures that a Building Owner should follow in the event that they have served both a Party Wall Notice, and the following Section 10(4) Party Wall Notice, upon the Adjoining Owner, and...
In this week’s property party wall surveying blogpost topic, we are going to be discussing sectional hit and miss foundation bays, when they are applicable, and the type of scenario necessary for them to apply. Sectional hit and miss bays, are the process of digging a...
With more and more homeowners undertaking rear and side extensions to their property, don’t get too lost in the Party Wall Surveying Procedures, Planning Applications and Building Regulations! Remember the build can also be a sustainable one! We thought we would look...
In this week’s property party wall surveying blogpost topic, we are going to be discussing party wall trial pits, or party wall trial holes, when they are required, and the purpose behind undertaking them. The purpose of a trial pit, is for a contractor to undertake...
In this week’s property surveying party wall blogpost topic, we are going to be discussing party wall surveying procedures, and in particular when the use of eccentrically loaded foundations are required. If the proposed structure, is built close to or up to a...
In this weeks property surveying blog post, we are going to be discussing party wall weatherings and flashing details, and in particular, if a building owner, whom is the person undertaking the works, has the legal right to cut into an adjoining owner who is the...
In this weeks Property Surveying Blog Post, we are going to be discussing party wall procedures, and in particular if a neighbour, also commonly referred to as a building owner, or adjoining owner under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, has the legal right to use the...
In this week’s property surveying blogpost topic, we are going to be discussing Party Wall Notices, and the Party Wall procedures surrounding the service of these notices upon adjoining owners. If you are planning on undertaking works to your property, and have...
