PARTY WALL DISPUTE

In the event of a Party Wall Dispute and the neighbouring parties not being able to come to an agreement, this procedure should be followed:

A Surveyor is, or Surveyors are, appointed to determine a fair and impartial Award. The Surveyor can be an ‘Agreed Surveyor’, or each party may appoint their own Surveyor. Using a single Surveyor should be less expensive, but may lead to one or the other party being dissatisfied with the outcome, although Surveyors must act within their statutory responsibilities and propose a fair and impartial Award.
The Agreed Surveyor, or the individual Surveyors jointly, will produce an Award which must be fair and impartial to all parties.
Once an Award has been made and in the event of the parties remaining in dispute, all parties have 14 days to appeal to a County Court against the Award.

Once you have agreement, all work must comply with the notice. You should retain this in the event of a subsequent purchaser of the property wishing to establish that the work was carried out in accordance with the Party Wall Act.

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