Introduction A party wall surveyor can fill the role of either the building owner’s surveyor, the neighbouring surveyor known as the adjoining owner’s surveyor, or an agreed surveyor acting on behalf of both sides. There is also another party wall surveyor role known as third surveyor. The third surveyor is only involved when there [...]
Can a neighbour refuse a party wall agreement? If you would first like an introduction into what a party wall agreement is, we would suggest watching our video on party walls, party wall agreements awards. Once a party wall notice has been served by the 'building owner' to the 'adjoining owner' they have fourteen [...]
The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 Introduced in 1996, the Act provides protection to existing buildings and structures, and rights to building owners and adjoining owners where work is proposed to take place. The Act contains mechanisms which allows the adjoining owner to dispute the works and to appoint a party wall surveyor who [...]
