Party Wall Advice

Question Our property is separated from our neighbour by an alleyway about 1meter wide owned by the neighbour. He has applied for planning permission to extend out at first floor level over the alley cantilevering from his side. The extension plans to have just a single skin wall and to use our wall as the second skin needed to comply with ... Read more >>

Question About 20 years ago, our then neighbours and us decided to build adjoining garages between our properties which the middle of the garages are on the boundary line.  Also at that time we decided to go for planning permission (and gained) for an extension above our garage.  We understand that the garages share a party wall,  but does the ... Read more >>

Question We live in a semi, in ex council housing both my house and my neighbours are now privately owned. The plans clearly show the dividing garden wall to be a party wall, adjoined to the wall is one pillar, the original since the house was built with both houses hanging their gates off it. Our neighbours asked could they build  a new wall I ... Read more >>

Question We live in a terraced property and have been trying unsuccessfully, for over 13 months, to recover repair costs from our adjoining neighbour who started building work unlawfully and caused damage to the party wall in the process. After much pressure and dispute, the necessary Planning Permission and Party Wall notification were ... Read more >>

Question I have been given planning permission to build a first floor extension on top of an existing flat roofed single story part of my house.  The house is detached, however the existing wall which is part of my kitchen extends up to and runs along the boundary line between me and my neighbour.  On the other side of the boundary is his drive ... Read more >>

Question We own an Edwardian mid terrace house in West London . Our property shares front entrance, wooden tile roofed porch (east west construction) with the property next door. The property next door is divided into two flats, both with their own separate entrances. The porch front door forms the private entrance to the upstairs flat. The said ... Read more >>

Question We were totally unaware that the side element to our extension works required a party wall notice to our neighbour until a friend of hers advised her and us of this this week.  We started on site last Tuesday and are currently excavating to the rear of our property, the area of concern here is a side extension we have yet to start ... Read more >>