Party Wall Advice

Question I need some advice regarding re-roofing my house. I live in a semi -detached property and need to re-felt my roof. I understand that to do it properly i need to lift a couple of rows of tiles from my neighbours roof so a hidden valley can be installed (i have concrete tiles and my neighbour still has slate). Unfortunately i do not get ... Read more >>

Question Firstly thank you very much for providing this site, it has proved invaluable over the somewhat turbulent process of sorting out my party walls! I'm now at the end of my development and everything seems to have gone well except one slight issue with one of my adjoining neighbours. I recently added a loft extension to my terraced house ... Read more >>

Question I recently received planning permission to build a rear extension on my terrace house. One of the walls is shared. I have discussed it with my neighbour and they had no issue. However, my neighbours property is owned by the council, so I contacted them to see if they had an issue. They said no. But since that I have had contact from the ... Read more >>

Question Could you advise me what sort of qualifications a party wall surveyor should have? We are "in dispute" with our neighbour but have said we would accept the appointment of an agreed party wall surveyor. My neighbour's builder has suggested the appointment of a local man who called at the house and offered his services. His business card ... Read more >>

Question We have planning permission for a two story extension along the side of our house - the permission is to build right to the boundry. Our neighbours strongly objected to the plans at the planning meeting (although they had previously told us they had no objections) and are very angry that they have been passed. This extension is of a ... Read more >>

Question We are presently in dispute with our neighbour re proposed foundations to a new extension on our property. The Party Wall Notice has been issued and two surveyors are in the process of drawing up the Award which we expect by the end of the week. However our neighbour has rightly pointed out that they have 14 days to appeal against the ... Read more >>

Question Some building works are about to start on a domestic property. The property is semi-detached with a pair of garages attaching the property on the detached side (now making this a linked house). All the houses are built on the same line, so none of the properties extend beyond the other, unless they have done an extension..In this case, ... Read more >>