party wall

I've recently had some underpinning design work done, and it's far more extensive than I'd hoped. I'm hoping to get advice here on how thorough I need to be. Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this! We have a semi-detached 60s ex-council house, which had a flat roofed outbuilding joined...

Hello My neighbour has almost finished their L Shaped Dormer and the Builders/Roofers have damaged my roof etc and have now after a lot of chasing they are working to make repairs (they were standing on my roof to complete the Dormer - i consented to this under the understanding that they repair...

We’ve built a party wall that straddles the boundary (party wall agreement in place) - neighbour has agreed this on the basis we’re paying to build the wall. There’s a double layer of breeze blocks with insulation in the middle. Builder says the neighbour must render his side, but the wall must...

I know it sounds self explanatory, but are there ways to 'commence' building works in a very small way? here's the situation: we live in a terraced house, been waiting to build our approved two storey extension for over a year. We are having delays due to one side who won't sign a party wall...

We are planning a loft conversion with a full width rear dormer, which is very common in our area. We've had mixed views about how to deal with the party wall and so I'm seeking some wisdom. The first option is to build inside the boundary with a typical dormer with a timber frame. All the loft...

Hoping someone can help as struggling to find anything online. We are getting an extension and a small part of the roof will overhang the side of our neighbours garage. (They have wasted space at the side that is not big enough to access) The neighbours are fine with this and also fine to allow...

Hi, I'm an "Adjoining Owner" under the Party Wall Act, and have an Agreed surveyor, with a Party Wall Award already drafted and agreed. The "Building Owner's" works are in progress. Some damage has occurred to my building that requires remediation work. The Building Owner has proposed a...

Hi, Chapter 1 - The Fence and the Boundary When we bought our place we were left a note by the previous owner to let us know that they believed that it was our responsibility to look after the fence on the LEFT of the house. However, several years ago, the neighbour on the left removed the...

Hi there, sorry this is a long post! I’m hoping for some advice. Property developers have bought the semi detached house next to ours and plan to turn around works quickly to get it rented out. We are semi detached also but not joined to this neighbour. Previous owners of our house extended...

Disgusting, crafty, company!! Sends letters to your neighbours after looking at planning applications telling them to instruct PSG and you will pay, total vultures!! Our neighbours have stated that they felt under pressure to sign, and that it was implied that they needed to go with PSG and not...

Hi all, we need an advice in the following situation: We live in the end-of terrace house, in Greenwich. We intend to replace our 3.5 meters deep conservatory to a proper extension 4.5 meters deep (similar to what a number of houses in our area have done). Our (terrace side) neighbours intend...

Thank you in advance for any help. We bought a 1906 terraced house last year. There was a small amount of damp but the property had been empty for quite a while so we assumed it would dry out. Over the the winter, we used a dehumidifier and had the heating on and the walls dried out...

Hi, I'm hoping to have a single storey side return extension built on our terraced house. We hope to build along the party wall line but I'm struggling to figure out how the guttering will work without hanging over our neighbours land. I assume a box gutter on top of the wall may be a solution...

I am converting a single detached property into a semi-detached by building a party wall directly through the middle. I have two options for this; 1) Build a solid brick wall, 215mm thick, with plasterboard to each face. 2) Build a cavity wall consisting of two 100mm 3.6n Block wall separated...

Hello I’m in the process of buying a newbuild house and need some advice about the ownership and maintenance of a wall shared between my plot and a block of flats. This is my first ever house so pardon my ignorance. To keep a long story short, the contract of sale which I haven't signed...

Hi guys, looking for a bit of friendly advice on removing a chimney breast in the living room. Have already had a steel beam fitted in the loft by a professional company to support the chimney breast, and I personally removed the section in the upstairs bedroom no problem, and was moving on to...

9 months ago our neighbour signed up to a surveyors cold call letter approach straight after our planning application approved. I don't know the contents of the cold call letter but I suspect it was intended to provoke immediate action in an unnecessary way. 1 month ago we actually served...

I have a semi detached house and my neighbour has a single story rear extension which comes right up to its boundary (next to our fence line). This isn't the issue. We also have a single storey extension but it is about a meter and a half away from my neighbour even though it was built before...

We have a ground floor flat which was treated for damp four years ago. Some patches of damp have appeared at skirting level on our lounge wall. On the other side of our lounge wall - which is a boundary separating us from the end of next door's garden - our neighbour has erected a wooden shed...

Hi all I am planning a single storey extension on the back of my end terrace house. We have just received planing permission and are about to get building reg drawings done. I have now discovered that I may also need a party wall agreement as well. I have done a lot of reading on the matter and...