PARTY WALL etc Act 1996
For more detailed advice and information please refer to – “The Party Wall ect. Act 1996: Explanatory Booklet” as produced by The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
The Party Wall Act provides the framework for preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party wall matters, boundary walls and excavations near neighbouring buildings. If you are a building owner and intend to carry out building work which involves:
- work on a wall shared with another property; or
- building on the boundary separating a neighbouring property; or
- excavating near a neighbouring building
If it is, you are legally bound to notify all adjoining owners (which include freeholders and leaseholders) whose property will be affected by the proposed works.
The process is straightforward, but without expert advice at the outset you may waste valuable time, fall out with your neighbours or face legal action should you be found in breach of the Act. For more detailed advice and information please refer to – “The Party Wall ect. Act 1996: Explanatory Booklet” as produced by The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
SDS Consultants are a firm of experienced surveyors with extensive knowledge of the Party Wall legislation. We are also members of the Pyramus & Thisbe who are an organization for professionals specializing in party wall matters. www.partywalls.org.uk
Call us on 020 8438 6333 for more information or email us at info@sdsconsultants.co.uk
