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Party wall is a shared wall that is present between a semi-detached house and a terrace in order to divide the homes of two separate owners or to mark the extent of individual properties...

I am going to be looking at the recent case of Amir-Siddique vs Kowaliw 2018. In 2008, Kowaliw the building owner proposed to undertake a loft conversion and chimney breast removal to their home which was a semi-detached house. Kowaliw wanted to avoid the cost and delay of the Party Wall procedures and ideally didn't want to have a Party Wall Award, also known as a Party Wall Agreement...

In this blog post we will be looking at some typical Party Wall questions related to Party Wall Agreement or Party Wall Award, we have been asked over the past couple of months. The aim of the blog is to hopefully clarify some of the more common questions we are asked here at Berry Lodge Surveyors…

Damage caused by notifiable works under the Party Wall etc Act 1996, to a neighbour's (adjoining owner) property is referred to as party wall damage and in most cases, the onus lies upon the building owner to make good or compensate for damage.

It is a common occurrence where a certain portion of a property is co-owned by two owners. In such a scenario, in case the need for any construction work arises, the owner must have access to his neighbor's land. The Party Wall etc. Act gives a landowner just that, as long as two important qualifiers are satisfied; the work being performed must be along the guidelines of the act and the access must be necessary. Explore full post here...

In this blog post I'm going to be looking at Party Wall Awards and in particular how long they are valid for after the date of their service. For those readers that don't know what a Party Wall Award is, in short a Party Wall Award is the conclusion of the Party Wall procedures and gives a building owner the legal right to commence the proposed works to his property...

In this blog post I will be discussing in what instances a Party Wall Agreement is required. Before discussing if a Party Wall Agreement is required, it is important to understand what a Party Wall Agreement is and the purpose of it. A Party Wall Agreement or sometimes referred to as a Party Wall Award is a legally binding document which can either be produced by one or more Surveyors depending on the complexity of a specific job…

In this blog post I am going to be looking at the rights that a Party Wall Award provides a building owner and how soon works can commence once the Party Wall Award has been agreed and served. So, you've gone through the required procedures that the Party Wall etc Act 1996 requires, commonly this will mean: The Party Wall Notices have been served. The Schedule of Condition inspection has taken place. The Party Wall Award has been Agreed and Served.

One of the most common questions we are asked is what is the difference between a Schedule of Condition Report and a Party Wall Award/Agreement. We have prepared the below chart which should help clarify and hopefully help you in making a fully informed decision. Visit https://www.blsurveyors.com/schedule-of-condition-report-vs-party-wall-awardagreement/ to be aware of the difference between both…

This is one of the most common questions we find ourselves asked here at Berry Lodge Surveyors. A common misconception that we've seen from both owners and Surveyors is that a building owner has to wait 14 days from service of the Party Wall Award before he can legally commence his works. To explore the truth read this post

Generally, normal people found the party wall procedures tricky and confusing. So, today here I am going to drive away another confusion about Party Wall Notice and Party Wall Agreement. Also, in what conditions what sort of actions should be taken in regards to following party wall procedures…

In this blog post, we will address the topic - the relation between Party Wall Agreement and Agreed Party Wall Surveyor. The first thing to note is that an Agreed Surveyor can only be appointed upon the agreement of the adjoining owner. This is where the name 'the Agreed Surveyor' originates from.

We were involved in a Party Wall Agreement in North London recently, during which time the issue of enclosure costs came into play. We have looked at enclosure costs in full in another Party Wall blog post, we have also covered the topic in detail on our Party Wall Podcast. In short, an enclosure cost is due from a building owner, to an adjoining owner, when the building owner gains the benefit of a wall that the adjoining owner had previously built.

In this blog post, we discuss whether a building owner, who is the person undertaking the construction works, would be required to go through the Party Wall Procedures including serving a Party Wall Notice and potentially having a Party Wall Agreement in place for an extension to their property…