Understand your rights. Understand the limits of those rights. Then make an informed decision.
Advance notice, a statutory dispute-resolution process, the ability for an award to regulate time and manner, and routes for dealing with relevant loss or damage.
Read more →It is not planning permission, design control, a boundary determination process or a general veto over your neighbour’s development.
Read more →Before appointing a surveyor, check whether the paperwork makes you personally liable for fees that are not awarded. A promise that “your neighbour pays” is not enough.
Read article →A notice is the formal starting point for many Party Wall matters. It should tell you what statutory work your neighbour proposes.
Read article →The important question is not how dramatic the proposed work looks. It is whether the proposed surveyor has given you enough confidence to trust them to act competently and impartially for both owners.
Read article →Act quickly, calmly and proportionately. The priorities are safety, evidence, clear communication and preventing further loss.
Read article →A breach does not automatically justify escalation. Start by asking what has happened, what consequence it has caused and what outcome you need.
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