The Party Wall Experts

Welcome to The Party Wall Procedure.

We hope here to remove some of the misunderstandings about the The Party Wall etc Act and provide good and reliable advice concerning the steps to follow and the consequences of the issue of Notices and the responses received.

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Party Wall etc Act 1996

This is an Act of Parliament and is a statutory instrument.

The Act mainly controls the alteration (e.g.cutting into, raising, reducing) of party walls and deep excavation within 3m of buildings owned by others.

What are Party Wall Notices?

The Act says that you must notify your neighbours, by serving a Notice on them, if you are intending to undetake works to which it relates.

We can help with this, either by preparing these for you or, if you are confident, you could use one of our templates (see the Templates page on this site), or one produced by a responsible organisation such as the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors.

What Happens after That?

The Act doesn't want to get between you and your neighbours, if you are in agreement. If you get written consent the Act requires nothing further.

If you are going to be undertaking the Works and there is dissent to your Notice, then there is a procedure to be followed to allow you to continue with your Works.

In brief: either one surveyor can be appointed by you and your neighbour (an Agreed Surveyor) or you can each appoint a seperate surveyor. You will unfortunately need to pay the reasonable fees of the surveyor(s) appointed in most circumstances.

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