Taylor Mitchell are Chartered Surveyors based in Cambridge. We offer residential surveying services throughout Cambridgeshire but also cover parts of Essex and Hertfordshire including the towns of Saffron Walden, Stanstead and Bishops Stortford.
We provide a range of surveying services including party wall advice and RICS Home Surveys. If you are in the process of purchasing a property, we can prepare both Level 2 (Homebuyer) and Level 3 (Building Survey) reports. Please call us on 01799 543532 to discuss which would be most suitable.
This page is where we answer party wall questions from the owners of Cambridgeshire properties. You will find over a hundred such queries below relating to party wall surveyors, fees, notices and party wall awards covering every type of dispute. You are welcome to submit a query via surveying@taylor-mitchell.co.uk.
Question We live in a semi detached house and our neighbour is having a conservatory build. He did not consult us but we have at the moment a good relationship. We are planning to have a single storey extension built next year and have asked him that he builds his wall up to the junction line so that we can then build our wall and cut into it ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Rights of Owners
Question We currently live in a three bedroom semi and have adjoining drives with a neighbour. We are considering building an extension on our drive and have mentioned this to our neighbour. (who we do get on with as a rule). Upon explaining the plan he stated to us that he intended to object. Upon speaking to our architect he feels that his ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Party Wall Awards, Rights of Owners
Question We are having a loft conversion in our semi-detached house for which we have obtained a party wall agreement from our neighbour, but the work of the roof has revealed (we’re not surprised) that the roof parapet between our houses is in a very bad state and needs renewing. This wasn't covered in the original plans and specifications we ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Rights of Owners
Question We will be building a rear extension in a semi detached house and have informed the adjoining neighbour of our intention and provided plans. We had hoped to extend the line of junction with the adjoining house to maximise the width of the extension however they have stated they are only happy for us to build up to the boundary and not ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Rights of Owners
Question I have a 3m party wall between my neighbour and me. The wall is leaning over towards my side very badly. It is out of plum by 16 inches from top to bottom and i am very concerned that it is in danger of collapse. I have spoke to my neighbour about the danger. He said he did not want to contribute towards the cost of rebuilding the wall ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Notices, Rights of Owners
Question We live in a semi-detached cottage and the at the rear the kitchen wall on our side includes a party wall between our 7 year old single storey extension and our neighbours downstairs bathroom. They have planning permission for a part two storey, part one storey extension. The two storey is proposed to be build directly against the ... Read more >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Rights of Owners
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 >>
Categories: Adjoining Owners, Notices, Party Wall Awards