Question Our neighbour wishes to build a kitchen extension making use of the party wall with our house. They have asked us to sign a party wall agreement, the text of which is: We are intending to commence construction work on our property, in the form of a side return and rear kitchen extension as of November 2009. This work will include using ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Fees, Notices, Rights of Owners
Question I served my neighbour with a party wall notice in early 2008 for a loft conversion. It was not agreed, as they did not want the dormer to be joined to their own existing dormer. The work did not commence until September 2009 and is now complete. My project manager began the work without a signed party wall agreement, thinking he had a ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Fees, Notices, Rights of Owners
Question We own a semi detached house which is let to a tenant. The adjoining neighbours want to undertake some work including a new kitchen in the rear extension. Both houses have the rear extension but I have no idea which was built first as they both seem to have been in place for many years. Their builder has advised that the extension's ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Notices, Rights of Owners
Question I purchased an old single storey shop in a conservation area, which adjoined the neighbouring cottage at ground floor level, and came with detailed PP to demolish and replace with a 2 storey 3 bed cottage. PP was granted for the first floor to also adjoin the neighbours cottage and the roof line/ridge to flow together. I have now ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Enforcement, Rights of Owners
Question We have recently had a new kitchen extension built, however we were not told about the "party wall act". We had all the necessary building permission from the council, and their own guys came round to inspect the work during the required intervals and allowed the work to carry on. At no time was the "party wall act" mentioned to us by ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Compensation, Enforcement, Notices, Rights of Owners
Question I live in an end of terrace property and we have planning permission for a rear extension. The adjoining terrace property has been unoccupied for the past six years, we believe the property is still owned by the same man who used to live there, as he did go into the house on a couple of occasions in the summer of last year. We have no ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Notices, Rights of Owners
Question My neighbour is building a single story extension down the side of their house and coming off the boundary wall which is ours? They drafted a letter asking us to sign, stating certain things but under advise i was told to insist on a Party wall agreement that will cover both sides and that they were liable for the cost. So reluctantly I ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Compensation, Rights of Owners, Surveyors
Question My new neighbour's builders asked if they could use the party garden wall between our properties as the side wall of an extension. I agreed but didn't fully understand their intentions. They added to the height and length of the wall (from 1.8m high to 2.8m high and from 3m long to 3.5m long) while I was ill in bed with swine flu. When I ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Enforcement, Notices, Rights of Owners
Question We obtained planning and buildings regulation approvals to convert our loft and build a ground floor extension to the rear of our property 4 years ago. In June 2006 we entered into party wall act agreements with both our neighbours as we would be performing works to both sides of our property and to both party walls. We advised both ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Notices, Party Wall Awards, Rights of Owners
Question My elderly parents live in a semi detached dormer bungalow. Their next door neighbours are having a massive side and rear extension. When the plans went in my parents entered discussions with their neighbour. My parents have a conservatory that goes up to the party wall. They agreed to the extension but asked that is was kept 18 inches ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Notices, Rights of Owners