Party Wall Notice

Where works pro­posed to a prop­er­ty come with­in mean­ing of the Par­ty Wall etc. Act 1996, a

Party Wall Notice

is to be served at least (although sur­vey­ors can work to expe­dite the mat­ter):

One calender month

pri­or to the works com­menc­ing, for instance:

- New Bound­ary Walls / Par­ty Walls. NB: this includes walls which are to be built entire­ly on the Build­ing Owner’s land.
— Exca­va­tions on adja­cent sites

Or

Two calender months

pri­or to the works com­menc­ing, for instance:

- Repairs to exist­ing Par­ty Walls
— Alter­ations to exist­ing Par­ty Walls
— Demo­li­tion and rein­state­ment of exist­ing Par­ty Walls

Notices may be served either by your­self or by a par­ty wall sur­vey­or. They must; how­ev­er, be valid (signed and dat­ed) and con­tain the cor­rect infor­ma­tion relat­ing to the works.

The time lim­its are flex­i­ble depend­ing upon the neighbour’s / adjoin­ing owner’s terms of agree­ment. The lim­its are reflec­tive of the time with which the adjoin­ing own­er needs to act, if they are breached, selec­tion of a sur­vey­or can be made on their behalf to move the works for­ward, in this fash­ion it is easy to see just how use­ful the Par­ty Wall Act is.

Should con­di­tions result in an Award, upon ser­vice of the Award, the adjoin­ing own­er has a fur­ther 14 days to appeal the Award.