by Simple Survey | Nov 18, 2025 | Uncategorised
Are you about to start your journey into the Party Wall procedures? Perhaps you’re gearing up for construction—or your neighbour is? Either way, you’ll want sound, accurate, level-headed and factual Party Wall advice. Here’s how to make sure you get exactly that. Why...
by Simple Survey | Nov 14, 2025 | Uncategorised
On higher-risk party wall projects—basements, deep adjacent excavations, underpinning, or heavy structural alterations—surveyors will often bring in an advising (checking) engineer. Done properly, this keeps risk low, makes awards tighter, and prevents cost shocks...
by Simple Survey | Nov 14, 2025 | Uncategorised
When party wall works move into the higher-risk category—think basement construction, deep adjacent excavations, underpinning, or heavy structural alteration—the Act adds a powerful extra protection for neighbours: Security for Expenses. Section 12(1) of the Party...
by Simple Survey | Nov 14, 2025 | Uncategorised
If you and your neighbour have each appointed your own party wall surveyor, a third surveyor has already been selected in the background. That third surveyor is part of the Act’s built-in safety net to keep matters moving and to resolve genuine stalemates quickly and...
by Simple Survey | Nov 14, 2025 | Uncategorised
Are you gearing up for works that touch a party wall, or has your neighbour just served notice on you? If you’ve heard terms like Party Wall Notice, Party Wall Award, Agreed Surveyor, or Two Surveyors, here’s the plain-English breakdown—anchored to Section 10(12) of...
by Simple Survey | Nov 13, 2025 | Uncategorised
If you’re a building owner or an adjoining owner named in a Party Wall Award, the Award will almost certainly deal with surveyors’ fees. The legal basis is Section 10(13) of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, which provides: The reasonable costs incurred in — (a) making or...
