We provide services under the Party Wall etc Act 1996 in-house through our affiliated companies Surrey Party Wall Surveyors and Hampshire Party Wall Surveyors.

Please visit wwww.surreypartywall.co.uk or www.hampshirepartywall.co.uk for further details. Whether you are a Building Owner intending to perform improvements, an adjoining owner who has been issued with a notice, or a professional searching for guidance for your project or client, you will discover a comprehensive overview of the processes and options available.

For help and advice or to obtain a free no-obligation quotation, please don’t hesitate to contact us by calling: 0208 395 9999, email: Info@thepartywallgroup.co.uk or via our contact form.  

Surrey Office Address:

64 Upper Mulgrave Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 7AJ

Hampshire Office Address:

21 Farm Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 4UQ

The Party Wall etc Act 1996 provides a framework for preventing and resolving disputes about party walls, boundary wall excavations near neighbouring buildings etc. A building owner proposing to start work covered by the Act must give adjoining owners notice of their intentions in the way set down in the Act.

Many property owners are still new to the term ‘Party Wall’ and the understanding of the reasons behind it. Information online can be difficult to find and not easy to understand. Not only can this be a difficult topic for neighbours who worry about the likelihood of their neighbours’ building works affecting them, but for Building Owners intending to complete building works itself

From our experience, many neighbours are unaware of the different available options, to protect their property from the intended neighbouring works. Many who are in doubt, choose the appointment of a Surveyor as the only option they are aware of which will protect their property. This however is not strictly the case, and can result without intention, in a breakdown of a once good neighbourly relationship, and also extra unnecessary expenses for the Building Owner.

We adopt a far different approach to other Party Wall Surveyors where possible, to offer the best possible solution for both, the Building Owner and Neighbouring Owner when a Party Wall is likely to be required.

Our aim as a company is to act as an impartial party to discuss the requirements needed based on the intended works, and to offer our services in and around The Act to suggest the most suitable and cost-effective outcome putting both parties first, but keeping that all important neighbourly relationship in place, and peace of mind the neighbours property is protected. We explain the good and bad with Party Wall, as we believe honesty is the best way for both parties to understand the obligations which need to be followed, and reasons why these requirements need to be in place and agreed upon. One cannot agree to something one cannot understand in our opinion.