Party Wall Services

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The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is a legal framework that provides the owners of land and buildings, rights to carry out certain building works.

Under the Act, Building Owners are required to serve notice and obtain the Adjoining Owner’s consent to the works. If consent is not provided a dispute is deemed to have arisen and Party Wall Surveyors must be appointed so that the dispute can be resolved by way of a Party Wall Award.

Our experienced Party Wall Surveyors can provide expert advice on all Party Wall related matters acting as a Building Owner’s Surveyor or as an Adjoining Owner’s Party Wall Surveyor. Being members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and active members of the Pyramus & Thisbe Society, we promote excellence in Party Wall practice.

Building Works under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996

The Act broadly covers three distinct types of work:

Section 1: New building(s) on or astride site boundaries.
Section 2: Various works affecting an existing party wall including extending it, underpinning, rebuilding, repairing, or reducing it.
Section 6: Excavation or construction of foundations for a new building within 3m of a neighbouring building if work will go deeper than the neighbour’s foundations.

Excavation or construction of foundations for a new building within 6m of a neighbours building where the work would cut a line drawn downwards at 45° from the bottom of the neighbours foundations.

A Guide to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996