Party Walls

PWM uk have many years of experience in party wall surveying acting for professionals, businesses, as well as for individuals and can offer a complete service for Building or Adjacent Owners from service of Notices to the preparation of the Party Wall Award.

Our dedicated Party Wall Surveyors have gained considerable knowledge and self-assurance by being continually exposed to the workings of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 enabling them to deal with typical Party Wall cases with ease and can advise on:

* Responsibilities of the property owner carrying out the work
* Constitutional rights of the adjoining property owner/s
* Advising if the Act is applicable
* Work which falls under the Party-Wall etc. Act 1996
* Type of Notice or Notices that will need to be served
* Checking the validity of a Party-Wall notice
* Checking the validity of a Party-Wall Surveyors appointment
* What should be included with the notice or notice/s
* Information that should be sent with the notice
* Timescales for receiving replies for notices
* Who the notice or notices should be served on
* Obtaining agreement in writing from Adjoining Owner
* Handling ‘disputes’ that arise as defined by the Act
* Appointing a Surveyor for the Adjoining Owner, if an appointment is not made
* Appointing a Surveyor for the Adjoining Owner, if an agreement is not reached
* Appointment of ‘Agreed Surveyor’
* Agreeing the selection of a ‘Third Surveyor’
* Serving Counter-Notices
* Liaising with Adjoining Owner Surveyor or Adjoining Owners Surveyor
* Production of schedules of condition of Adjoining Owners properties
* Agreeing compensation for damage arising from the Building Owners works
* Gaining access to a Adjoining Owners premises for taking a schedule of condition
* Agreeing content of Party-Wall Award
* Handling security of expenses, accounting and settle of account
* Negotiating Surveyor’s fees
* Publishing of Party-Wall Award / Agreement
* Appealing a Party-Wall Award / Agreement
* Monitoring of works to check compliance with the party wall award
* Taking the Award to the County Court
* Writing to Third Surveyor to resolve matters
* Producing further addendum Awards as required where there are changes to the plans
* Inspection of schedule of condition at completion of works
* Signing off Party-Wall Award/s
* Skills to handle all manner of party wall disputes at every level
* Liaison with adjoining surveyors, engineers, architects and contractors

Our Clients
We work closely with our clients in both the public and private sectors, seeking to maximise value from the projects we are commissioned to undertake. For large developments we offer early consultation to ensure that primary issues which can slow or even stop developments later are brought to light.

Key Benefits
* A single point of contact for the project
* Accredited surveyors / Chartered Builders
* Knowledgeable and consistent interpretation of The Party Wall etc. Act 1996
* Competitive fees
* A flexible and non-bureaucratic approach

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