In this week’s Property Surveying blog post topic, we are going to be looking at party wall surveying procedures and in particular Party Wall Notices. A Party Wall Notice is a legal requirement as per the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and needs to be served upon the...
Party Wall Notice Loft Conversion
In today’s property surveying blogpost topic, we are going to be looking at party wall surveying procedures and the applicable scenarios that come with the Party Wall etc Act 1996 if a building owner is planning on undertaking a loft conversion. If a building owner is...
How to Serve a Party Wall Notice
In this week’s Party Wall Surveying and Property Surveying blog post topic, we are going to be discussing Party Wall Notices, what they are and how you can serve them. The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 governs three distinct type of works that building owners undertake to...
Party Wall Damage, What’s Covered?
In today’s Property Surveying blog post we are going to be looking at Party Wall Surveying procedures and the unfortunate situation that can often arise should those works cause damage to the adjoining owner’s property. Party Wall Damage, or damage that results from...
Are My Neighbour’s Works Covered by the Party Wall Act?
In this week’s Party Wall Surveying blog post topic, we are going to be discussing one of the most common questions that we find ourselves asked here at Stokemont. Are My Neighbour’s Works Covered by the Party Wall etc. Act? Party wall works and in particular...
Damp in my Property!
In this week’s Property Surveying blog post topic we are going to be looking at one of the most typical building surveying issues that our surveyors have seen over the years. Damp is one of the most common types of defect that properties suffer from and in our opinion...
Post Work Schedule of Condition Reports
In this week’s party wall surveying property blog post topic, we are going to be discussing party wall surveying procedures. This blog post is going to focus on whether it is reasonable for an adjoining owner’s party wall surveyor to undertake a post-work Schedule of...
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...
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...