UNEXPECTED COSTS:

  • Adjoining Owner’s Surveyors Fees

  • Additional Site Inspections

  • Damage Caused By The Works

  • Compensation For Neighbour's Losses

  • Referrals To A Third Surveyor 

  • Payment For Use Of An Existing Party Wall (PreviousLy Built By A Neighbour)

  • Checking Or Advising Engineers

  • Movement Monitoring

  • Security For Expenses

  • Additional Specialist Surveys

  • Abortive Costs 

  • Temporary Works Design

  • Expenses To Remove Trespass

  • Additional Professional Inspections

  • Appealing A Party Wall Award

  • Working Hours     

 I am proposing to do work

  1. Why Should I Serve A Notice?

  2. What Notices Do I Need To Serve?

  3. I'm Not Sure Where My Boundary Is

  4. Those Who Trespass Against Us.

  5. What Does A  Surveyor Do?

  6. How Do I Choose A ​Surveyor?

  7. Must I Pay My Neighbours If I Use A Party Wall That They Built ?

  8. Surveyors Fees 

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 HOME
 The Party Wall Etc. Act 1996
 About Us
 Frequently Asked Questions:

 WHAT NOTICES DO I NEED TO SERVE?

  • Who Is 'An Owner' And Therefore Entitled To Receive Notice?

  • ​For New Basements:

  • For Extensions At Ground Level & Internal Alterations

  • ​What Information Does A Notice Need To Include:

  • For Loft Extensions:

  • Expiry Of Notices

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 WHERE IS MY PROPERTY BOUNDARY?

  • I'm Not Sure Where My Boundary Is

  • No Evidence In My Title Deeds

  • It's Risky To Assume Boundaries

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 RIGHTS OF ACCESS ONTO NEIGHBOUR'S LAND

  • Section 8 Rights Of Access

  • How Do I Exercise A Right Of Access?

  • Where There Is No Right Of Access

 OUR SIMPLE FEES

  • To Prepare A 'Bespoke' Notice

  • Fees For Party Wall Awards & Schedules Of Condition

Our site has a lot of information but sometimes it's hard to find  - So we made this index arranged by page - Just click on a link (underlined)

 OUR PRIVACY POLICY (GDPR)

  • Principles

  • The Information We Hold

  • Storage Of Documents

  • Who Has Access To The Information?

  • Your Right To Access Data 

  • Communications With Clients, Appointing Owners And Other Affected Adjoining/Building Owner(S) As Defined By The Act.

  • Information Shared With Third Parties.

  • Statutory Obligations:

  • Legal Grounds For Processing Your Data

  • Complaints Or Concerns​

 Terms, Conditions & Disclaimers 

  • Additional Fees

  • Fixed Fees - Limitations 

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​​Watson Woods SURVEYORS

Party Wall Surveyors

 Doing A BASEMENT - THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Temporary Works Design

  • Other Costs

  • Monitoring The Contractor

  • Who Pays If Damage Is Caused

  • Insurance

  • Security For Expenses

  • Liability For Trespassing Concrete

  • Special Foundations 

 SPECIAL FOUNDATIONS

  • ​​What Are 'Special Foundations'?

  • Reinforced Concrete Underpinning For A Basement?

  • What Were The Authors Of The Act Thinking About ?

  • Grillage Foundations

  • Consent For Special Foundations

  • What About Reinforced Concrete ?

  • Costs Under Section 11(10)

 NEIGHBOURS DOING BUILDING WORK?

  1. Will A Loft Extension Affect Me?

  2. Will A Side/Rear  Extension Affect Me?

  3. Should I Agree To A Party Wall?

  4. Will Internal Works & Removing Chimney Breasts Affect Me?

  5. Is Loss Of Daylight Or Views Covered?

  6. My Neighbour Is Digging A New Basement -   Will This Affect Me?

  7. The Adjoining House Is To Be Demolished.   Will I Be Affected?

  8. Will A Side/Rear  Extension Affect Me?

  9. I Live In A Flat Over Proposed Works - How Might I Be Affected?

  10. How Do I Choose A Party Wall Surveyor?