Our Property Articles
Are Party Wall Surveyors Qualified?
In this weeks property surveying blog post, we are going to be discussing party wall surveyors, and whether they require any formal qualification. Oddly, from a legal perspective, a party wall surveyor does not require any form of formal qualification. Yes, you heard...
Party Wall Notice Service by Hand
In this week’s Property Surveying podcast, we are going to be discussing Party Wall Notice service and some helpful tips to try and generate the most positive adjoining owner notice response as possible. If you’re planning on undertaking construction works that fall...
Party Wall Neighbourly Considerations
If you’re planning or undertaking construction works to your property and are in the process of considering how to approach the party wall procedures, we thought we would set out a few observations that we’ve picked up over the years that have always helped a building...
How to Access to a Neighbour’s Land?
If your neighbour rejects your request for access to their land for repair and maintenance work that you need to do for preserving your property, do you then have no choice but to abandon your work? The answer is no. This is when a property disputes lawyer can...
What are Drilled Piles?
In today’s Property Blog post, we are going to be taking a focused look at Drilled Piles through a Party Wall Surveying perspective. Drilled Piles, also known as Bored Piles are formed through the process of drilling out the soil and earth using a specialist pilling...
Party Wall Foundations
In this week’s party wall surveying blogpost, we are going to be discussing party wall foundations and in particular, hit and miss sectional bays. Hit and miss sectional bays are a form of construction whereby the contractor will dig the proposed foundations in a...
Loft Insulation, Savings and Costs
In this blog we shall run over the cost effectiveness of loft insulation, whilst answering a number of questions you may have in regard to this form of energy saving material. Where can I get purchase loft insulation? Loft insulation comes in a wide variety of highly...
Party Wall Enclosure Costs
In this week’s property surveying blogpost, we are going to be discussing enclosure costs, also known as making use costs, and when they are applicable under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 sets out a specific provision whereby, if a...
The Top Tips For a Licence to Alter
When it comes to a licence for alterations, you’ve got a few different roadblocks that you need to try and navigate if you want to get the best experiences possible. Functionally, there are quite a few different things that you can do to make your experience a lot...
Party Wall Roof Access
In this week’s property surveying blogpost, we are going to be discussing roof access and when it applies under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. If you are planning on undertaking works to a loft conversion, or raising a party parapet wall, which is the wall which...
Refusing Party Wall Access, Your Guide
So by now you’ve probably heard of the Party Wall Act 1996. It’s a legal act which governs the allowances made by both parties with regards to a wall which is occupied by one or more parties. However, what happens when you want to make modifications to the party wall...
Licence to Alter, Your Guide
If you are a leaseholder for a property, you might find that occasionally, you want to make material or structural changes. What you’re going to want to do is to make sure that you’ve got yourself a Licence to Alter, which is what you get from your freeholder. But...