Works to party walls or against boundaries and / or where specified excavations are proposed can enact the provisions of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
Where certain conditions are met, Party Wall Notices lead to the statutory appointment of Surveyors to agree works that can affect neighbouring property.
Neighbourly Matters has become a euphemism for the advance and defence of rights by building and adjoining owners respectively. We act for developers and neighbours to identify and resolve potentially costly disputes before they can arise.
Many of the issues centre around rights under common law, prescription or statute and often these intermingle where one party proposes work to property adjacent to, or over, another’s.
In confined urban settings the issues can become technically complex and as such Party Wall Surveying requires a high degree of skill and attention to detail together with a confident and open approach between various stakeholders and their legal and surveying representatives. As a Chartered Building Surveyor, Jeff Steel of Vision D&B Limited has practised in this specialist field for many years and typically provides advice to building owners contemplating works that may affect adjoining owners’ interests. In many cases works enact the provisions of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and we provide specialist expertise in the administration of this ‘enabling’ legislation.