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Your Guide to Licence For Alterations
If you own a property in a leasehold ownership, and intend to carry out works to your property, whether these are structural and non-structural basis. From a legal perspective and in all likely cases as per the wording of your lease, you will need to adhere to the...
Thames Water Build Over Agreements, When are they Required?
In this week’s Property Surveying blogpost topic, we are going to be discussing Thames Water Build-over Agreements, and in particular when they are required in the context of the Party Wall etc Act 1996. If you are undertaking works to your property, or your neighbour...
Does the Party Wall etc Act 1996 Apply?
In this blog post, I am going to be discussing Party Wall Surveying procedures will be taking a look at when the Party Wall etc Act 1996 applies and in what circumstances. To start, I thought it would be helpful to give a little context. What is a Party Wall? A Party...
What is an Agreed Surveyor?
In this week’s party wall surveying blog post, we are going to be talking about agreed party wall surveyors and the role they play in the party wall procedures. An agreed party wall surveyor is required when an adjoining owner, who is the neighbour who adjoins the...
Party Wall Injunctions
In this week’s Property Surveying blogpost, we are going to be discussing Party Wall Surveying, and in particular the situation whereby works are proceeding on site, however no Party Wall Notices have been served, or a Party Wall Agreement, or a Party Wall Award, in...
Party Wall Damage, What To Do When It Occurs?
Party wall damage, or damage from the building owner’s construction works is an unfortunate event for any adjoining owner or building owner to be a party to. Despite attempts being made at every juncture of the party wall procedures, it is a common event and therefore...
What are my Party Wall Notice response options?
In this weeks property surveying blog post, we are going to be discussing Party Wall Notice response options, and the options that are available to you should you receive a Party Wall Notice from your adjoining owner. If you have been served a Party Wall Notice by...
Costs of a Party Wall Surveyor
In this week’s party wall surveying blogpost, we are going to discussing party wall surveying procedures and in particular the associated costs with a party wall surveyor undertaking and fulfilling their statutory duty as required by the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. This...
Check Your Gutters
In this week’s property surveying blog post, we are going to be discussing general building surveying, and in particular, the importance of a property owner checking their gutters regularly to ensure that they are in full working order, and working to the best of...
Party Wall Construction
In this week’s property surveying blog post topic, we are going to be discussing Party Wall surveying, and in particular, different types of party wall construction. Under the Party Wall Etc Act 1996, which is the legal Act which governs various different types of...
Roof Access Party Wall Procedures
In this week’s surveying blog post, we are going to be discussing party wall roof access and in particular, when it applies to party wall surveying procedures. Under the Party Wall Etc Act 1996, a building owner will have the legal right of access onto an adjoining...
Party Wall Agreements
In this weeks party wall surveying blog post, we are going to be discussing the party wall procedures, and in particular, what will happen if a Party Wall Agreement, or Party Wall Award is not in place in advance of the construction works commencing. The aim of the...