Party Wall Surveyors Essex

You must appoint a surveyor if you and your neighbour can’t agree. You can appoint a surveyor together or each appoint your own. The surveyors will then agree on a ‘party wall award’.

You can appeal against an award at a county court within 14 days of receiving it. You need to file an appellant’s notice in a county court, explaining why you’re appealing.
The Party Wall procedure can be very confusing and if your undertaking building works it is crucial to ensure you meet the requirements laid out in the Party Wall Act 1996. That’s where we can help....

Building Works to a Party Wall or Party Fence Wall (such as cutting into the wall, removing a chimney breast, raising the wall, underpinning the wall etc)

Excavations within 3 metres of a neighbouring building or excavations with 6 metres of a neighbouring building where the excavations will bisect an imaginary line drawn at 45 degrees from the neighbouring foundations.

A Party Wall Award is the final documentation in the party wall process and ensures that the Adjoining Owner(s) are adequately legally protected in the event that damage is caused resulting from the works. The Award is commonly known as a Party Wall Agreement.

Common works which generally require a Party Wall Notice include rear extensions, loft conversion works, removing chimney breasts and basement extensions.

A Party Wall is simply a wall forming part of building which stands on the lands of different owners.

Surprisingly a Party Fence Wall here is not a fence, but a wall which stands on the land of two owners but is not part of a building. Party Fence Wall does not include a wall on the boundary where only the foundations project onto the neighbours side.

A Party Structure means a Party Wall and also a floor partition separating two owners. For example, this could Flat A be a floor between two flats.

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