Question My mother's next door neighbour is planning a loft conversion.   My mother is 89 and has recently been admitted to a care home. My sister and I are waiting for the enduring power of attorney over my mother's affairs to be registered in the courts so we can legally act on behalf of my mother. The house will ultimately be sold. The ... Read more >>

Question Our neighbour is having a fence built along our boundary wall but on her side without submitting a Party Wall Notice to us (Section 1 of the Act, paragraph 20), I have asked the builder to stop building and spoke with the neighbour regarding this but she will not stop.  What are the next steps I can take as the act only covers what ... Read more >>

Question I have just bought a terraced house in Bristol. There is a wall running between my garden and my neighbour's garden. The wall extends out of the wall of the (original) extension of their house. This wall then continues as the shared wall between our houses. I understand that the shared wall is definitely a party wall, but does it cease ... Read more >>

Question My query relates to a garden wall that adjoins a neighbour’s garden.  Our house is some years older than the neighbours' house, and on our original deeds it indicates that the wall is our responsibility (of course, the neighbouring property didn't exist at this time, and is marked on the original deeds simply as “Land of the ... Read more >>

Question I have issued a Party Wall Notice to my neighbour via a building surveyor. The work is to repair an outbuilding of which two walls of it form the boundary. Initially it was my intention to repair his side at my cost as i was not aware it was a party wall but he wouldn't give me access. On finding it is noted on both our deeds it is a to ... Read more >>

Question Our neighbours have removed 2 panels of fence on a joint boundary (deeds do not state who is responsible/owners) whilst we were on holiday and built 2 metre high block wall in its place without consulting us. We don't want this wall because it's very close to our extension walls. The fence panels allowed 'elbow room' to inspect wall and ... Read more >>

Question I would clarify my position in regard to whether I need to serve a notice on the adjoining owner. I have planning permission to build an extension to my kitchen. At the nearest point, my new wall will be one meter from the adjoining owner's building. However, his ground level is 600mm below my ground level. The maximum depth required ... Read more >>

Question My next door neighbours have submitted a planning application for a single storey rear extension along the full width of their property.  We live in terraced ex-council houses; mine is the end of terrace, theirs is in the middle.  They want to use my side access to bring equipment and materials through.  I have no objections to the ... Read more >>

Question We want to extend an existing sun room building  by building a 3m x 4m extension.  We want to build this as close to the party wall as possible.  Unfortunately, the property next door has just been sold and purchased by an investor, who is going to spend a month renovating it and then is going to put it back on the market.  He ... Read more >>

Question We have planning permission to extend our garage to the front and side of our property. The single storey side extension will be approximately one metre wide, within our boundary but approx 1.2 metres from our neighbour’s house.  Both houses are part of an estate built in 1983 and both are piled, as will be the new extension. We are ... Read more >>