Question I have a 1.2 metre lean to built before I moved into my teraced house 16 years ago.  It has a poly carbonate roof and is supported by 2x2 wooden batons.  One side baton is screwed directly into a party wall shared with my neighbour. I now want to knock down the enclosed lean to and build a conversatory, but extend it out by 1.4 metres ... Read more >>

Question My neighbour's loft extension is nearing completion and to date I have not received a Party Wall Award. During the initial stage of the work a hairline crack appeared in my front room wall and this was shown to the operative who I assume caused the damage. I complained to the person responsible and he had offered to get the paperwork ... Read more >>

Question We have planning permission to build a single storey rear extension and have been given permission to build along the line of the boundary with our neighbour. A wooden fence, which according to the land registry is owned by our neighbour, marks the line of the boundary. It is highly unlikely that our foundations for the extension will ... Read more >>

Question The bungalow next door has been sold and planning permission has been given for 2 detached bungalows to be built by a developer. On the plans the bungalow nearest to my house appears to be within a couple of inches of the boundary fence (mine) and the gutter of the bungalow appears on the plans to overlap the fence into my property.  ... Read more >>

Question My question relates to a party wall that was made of concrete blocks and has fallen down after 40 years. There were no footings for the wall and therefore insurance would not pay out. Our neighbours who share the party wall live behind and slightly above us. Their garden is about 5 feet higher than ours so now we have a vertical drop ... Read more >>

Question     We live in a first floor conversion flat and are having our chimney breast removed from a party wall and are using gallows brackets to secure it.     We have checked that the ground floor flat does not have a gas fire below. Do we need to serve a notice to the neighbours adjoined via the party ... Read more >>

Question Please can you tell me the procedure for making an Appeal over a signed Party Wall Award, including in what court and on what forms. Answer An award can be appealed by either owner within 14 days although as the Building owner is free to commence work as soon as the award has been served anyone intending to appeal should do so without ... Read more >>

Question We own a victorian house that is has an original stone party fence wall with the adjoining land - this land, some 15 years ago, was developed into 22 flats.  The factors of the flats have written to us to advice that the party wall is 'bulging' and unsafe and needs to be rebuilt at a cost of £18,000 plus VAT   On our inspection the ... Read more >>

Question I have planning permission for a detached double garage that will be located behind our detached house. The new building will be 13 metres from the rear of our house and approximately 9 metres from the rear of our neighbour's house. My neighbour has asked when he will be receiving a party wall notice. He has a garden wall rather than ... Read more >>

Question I am an adjoining owner.  I run a car garage repair workshop from my premises. My neighbour wishes to demolish an external wall which is on his land but abuts my boundary. The existing wall is some 6m high is part garden wall and part external wall of his buildings. He is going to rebuild the wall, still on his land. The wall will ... Read more >>