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Rennie & Partners offers advice on all Party Wall Matters and have extensive
experience in acting for both
Building Owners and Adjoining Owners, including acting as “Agreed
Surveyor” on behalf of both.
The Party Wall etc Act 1996 applies throughout England and Wales,
providing a framework for preventing and
resolving disputes in relation to party walls, boundary walls and
excavations near neighbouring buildings. It is
based upon some tried and tested party wall provisions of the London
Building Acts, which applied in inner
London for many decades before the Act came into force.
Building work which involves:
- Work on an existing wall shared with another property; or
- Building on the boundary with a neighbouring property; or
- Excavating near a neighbouring building
may be covered by the Act. If so, you must notify all Adjoining
Owners (which includes freeholders and
leaseholders) whose property will be affected, and Party Wall Awards
may be required. Failure to comply with
the provisions of the Act might delay or halt works on a site resulting
in disputes between neighbours,
additional costs and possible civil liability for any losses suffered
by the Adjoining Owner.
When acting for Building Owners, Rennie & Partners advise if the proposed
works are notifiable under the Act
and will ensure the correct Notices are issued, Schedules of Condition
prepared and Party Wall Awards served.
When acting for Adjoining Owners (those served with a notice by
their neighbour), Rennie & Partners ensure
the Building Owner/s complies with the Act and that the works do
not have a detrimental structural affect to
your property and/or land.
It is Rennie & Partners philosophy to keep Party Wall matters as simple
as possible whilst safeguarding our
client’s interest, in order to prevent unnecessary disputes between
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