Question I recently bought a terraced house in London which was in serious need of renovating.  While renovating we also decided to put in a loft conversion.  The house also needed underpinning due to subsidence. I have a couple of questions regarding the Party Wall Award. Firstly and only by chance did i notice this but only my name and the ... Read more >>

Question I built a wall on my land to create a kitchen conservatory extension. My neighbours then decided they would like to have something similar and I agreed to letting them use my wall and it becoming a party wall, and they paid me £1200 as a 50% contribution to the cost of the wall.   Now, 5 years later, the wall is damp and the new owners ... Read more >>

Question I own a 1930's semi. My neighbour (who is not attached) removed the guttering from my garage so he could erect a garage. His roof rested on what I think was a party wall (my property had a garage, his didn't, this happened before I bought my property, since then we had  a dispute when he raised the level of his flat roof.  In doing ... Read more >>

Question Our property is a purpose built 1st floor maisonette with a remaining lease of about 70 years. About three years ago, our freeholder, who also owned the downstairs maisonette, had the downstairs renovated in order to sell.  As part of the renovations he had the supporting party wall in the kitchen removed.  We were given no notice of ... Read more >>

Question We live in a detached bungalow for which we have planning permission to build a first floor. I would like to know if the work I am doing falls under the Party Wall Act, and would really appreciate your advice.   Below is some more information:   Right Side To the right of the bungalow, there is already an existing ground floor ... Read more >>

Question I have recently obtained planning permission for a single storey extension to my property at the rear. I am unsure as to whether I need to serve a Party Wall Notice on the adjoining owner. Basically I plan to remove the existing fence between the 2 properties and replace with the extension wall, the outside of which will be flush with ... Read more >>

Question We have a  bathroom extension built a number of years ago to our property. We are proposing to convert this space to a garden room with a large opening in the back wall and bi-fold doors. We would like to change the roof detail to a parapet with aluminium coping to give a more contemporary feel. This involves building on ... Read more >>

Question My house is a 16 year old three bed townhouse, second in of a block of four, and set back from my neighbours by approx 1.5m. My neighbours' gas flue is sited at the side of their property discharging into my garden approx 1.04m from my kitchen window and at a height of 2.2m As the kitchen is very small I really need to extend it but I am ... Read more >>

Question We live in a detached bungalow for which we have planning permission to build a first floor. I would like to know if the work we are doing fall under the Party Wall Act.   Below is some more information.   Right Side To the right of the bungalow, there is already an existing ground floor extension, that extends to the boundary with ... Read more >>

Question I have recently obtained planning permission for a single storey extension to my property at the rear. I am unsure as to whether I need to serve a party wall notice on the adjoining owner. Basically I plan to remove the existing fence between the 2 properties and replace with the extension wall, the outside of which will be flush with ... Read more >>