Property Surveys Southeast Limited

Party Wall Surveyors SouthEast
Assisting you with all Party Wall Matters

PWS SouthEast
Party Wall Surveyors SOUTHEAST : PWS SOUTHEAST specialises in all matters to do with Party Wall Notices, Condition Schedules and Party Wall Awards in the SouthEast Area of England - covering Essex, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hertfordshire and parts of London. We undertake all aspects of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and provides the following services:

• Impartial advice on all Party Wall Matters


• We prepare and serve valid Party Wall Notices


• We can Act as the Party Wall Surveyor for either Adjoining Owners or Building Owners carrying out the Building works


• We can also Act as the Agreed Party Wall Surveyor


• Undertaking Schedules of Condition surveys


• Preparation and negotiation of Party Wall Awards (Agreements)

Owners

Definition of a Building Owner
An owner who wishes to undertake building works which involves exercising rights provided by the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.

• An extension, whether that be to the rear, side or into the loft.


• Conversion of a basement, garage or loft.


• Underpinning.


• Alterations, demolition or repairs to a wall, ceiling or floor shared with another property.


• Roofing works, including to the chimney.


• Building a free standing wall, or a wall of a building, up to or astride the boundary with a neighbouring property.


• Excavating and casting foundations within 3 or 6 metres of an adjoining building owned by someone else.

Adjoining Owners
What is an Adjoining Building Owner? Definition of an Adjoining Building Owner “Adjoining owner” and “adjoining occupier” respectively mean any owner and any occupier of land, buildings, storeys or rooms.

Can I stop my Neighbours Works as I do not like what they will be doing?
The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is a facilitating piece of legislation. So no you cannot stop them, BUT! In essence, the Act is a dispute resolution process to prevent neighbours having to fight to obtain a legal judgement to undertake building works. Some Adjoining Owners believe that if they ignore the Building Owners’ Notice they can frustrate the Party Wall process. However, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 sets out defined timescales in which Adjoining Owners have to respond following the serving of a Notice and, if Adjoining Owners continue to ignore a Notice, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 allows the Building Owners to appoint a Party Wall Surveyor on behalf of the Adjoining Owners so that the process can continue.

Adjoining Owners step-by-step guide

Areas We Cover for Party Wall Surveyors SouthEast

Essex
1 Southend-on-Sea
2 Colchester
3 Chelmsford
4 Basildon
5 Rayleigh/South Benfleet/Thundersley
6 Harlow
7 Grays
8 Brentwood
9 Canvey Island
10 Upminster
11 Dagenham

Kent
1 Maidstone
2 Gillingham
3 Dartford/Gravesend
4 Chatham
5 Ashford
6 Rochester
7 Margate/Ramsgate/Thanet
8 Tunbridge Wells / Tonbridge
9 Canterbury
10 Folkestone
11 Sittingbourne
12 Dover
13 Herne Bay
14 Whitstable
15 Sevenoaks

Surrey
1 Woking
2 Guildford
3 Walton-on-Thames
4 Ewell
5 Esher
6 Camberley
7 Redhill
8 Leatherhead
9 Epsom

East Sussex
1 Brighton and Hove
2 Eastbourne
3 Hastings
4 Bexhill-on-Sea

Herts
1 Watford
2 Hemel Hempstead
3 Stevenage
4 St Albans
5 Welwyn Garden City
6 Cheshunt
7 Hoddesdon
8 Bishop's Stortford