by Simple Survey | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorised
If the Party Wall Act is the rulebook, Section 15 is the bit that tells you how to legally hand the rulebook to your neighbour. It sets out the only permitted ways to serve (i.e., deliver) Party Wall Notices and Awards. Get service wrong and even a perfectly drafted...
by Simple Survey | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorised
Section 10 is the engine room of the Party Wall Act. It only “switches on” when an Adjoining Owner dissents to a valid Party Wall Notice (or simply doesn’t respond within 14 days, which the Act treats as a dissent). From that moment, you’re in the Act’s formal...
by Simple Survey | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorised
Planning a new side or rear extension and need a brand-new wall along the boundary? That’s exactly what Section 1 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 covers. This guide explains what a Section 1 Notice is, the response options for your neighbour, when you can (and can’t)...
by Simple Survey | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorised
When notifiable works carry higher-than-usual risk, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 gives an Adjoining Owner the right to ask the Building Owner for Security for Expenses. Think of it as a financial safety net: money held on standby so that, if works are abandoned or...
by Simple Survey | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorised
If your neighbour has already built a new wall for their extension and you now want to build off it rather than erecting your own independent wall, you’ll encounter the Party Wall concept of “making use”—often called enclosure costs. Far from being a penalty, this...
by Simple Survey | Oct 24, 2025 | Uncategorised
If you’re new to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, one of the first practical questions is: who pays the surveyors? In most cases it’s the Building Owner (the party doing the notifiable works). But “most cases” isn’t “always,” and the Act’s test of reasonableness protects...
