Chartered Building Surveyors
Commercial and Residential Property Valuers
• The Party Wall etc. act, 1996:
We have the experience and expertise in handling the rights of owners and duties of surveyors in the event of a dispute arising, as we have experienced handling these issues with the previous Party Wall London Act.
The purpose of the Act is to protect Adjoining Owners when construction work is proposed to be carried out on the property such as extensions, internal structural alterations, underpinning of the foundations and erecting additional accommodation at roof level just to name a few of the circumstances.
The relation between the appointing owner and his appointed surveyor is not that of client and agent. It is a statutory relationship in which, once appointed, the surveyor’s duty is to ensure that the provisions of the Act are properly compiled with and provide an accurate report on the condition of adjoining properties should any damage be caused.