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We provide fixed fees, structured as ‘Pay as You Go’, so you only pay for the services you need. Fees are fixed with no hidden costs, unlimited advice & support during the process and no high hourly rate if any issues arise.

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The following fees are indicative for a small project [rear extension], as Building Owner Surveyor. All fees are subject to a formal fee quote.

Preparation of Notices

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£49

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Preparation includes:
  • Review of plans to identify required notices.
  • Legal searches to identify legal 'neighbours'
    [freeholders, leaseholders, tenants]
  • Contact with neighbours, completion and serving of the required notices.
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The Party Wall Award

For your own home

£450

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Award includes:
  • Act as Building Owner Surveyor
  • Drafting and serving of the Party Wall Award.
  • Providing 'Ten Day Notices' in event neighbour does not respond.
  • Making required appointments on behalf of the building owner.
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Schedule of Condition

Toolset for your Home

£250

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Condition includes:
  • Even where no formal Award is created, it is highly advisable to record the condition of the affected area of the neighbour's property at the outset, thereby protecting both parties interests.
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We provide Party Wall Surveying services for both residential and commercial projects and properties throughout London.

Common types of works that affected by the Party Wall Act.

Are You Planning Building Works?

With Party Wall Notices from £29* and fixed fee Party Wall Awards from £490*, we can help you get you building quickly and smoothly.
  • Extensions
  • Loft conversions
  • Chimney removal
  • Basements
  • Works to boundary walls
  • Any excavations within 3m of your neighbours property
  • Any construction along boundary line
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Fee excludes VAT. All prices are subject to formal quotation. Work beyond the outlined scope is charged at £190 per hour unless otherwise agreed.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Find out more about the Party Wall Act and process

What is the Party Wall Act?

The Party Wall Act 1996 is designed to enable building works while encouraging neighbourly communication, agreement and compromise. To do this it sets out a prescribed process that has to be followed.

Failing to follow the Party Wall Act process can cause significant disputes, legal and construction costs.

Common types of works that affected by the Party Wall Act:

  • Extensions
  • Loft conversions
  • Chimney removal
  • Basements
  • Works to boundary walls
  • Any excavations within 3m of your neighbours property
  • Any construction along boundary line
A party wall is a wall that separates two adjoining homes. Being shared by both homes, it gives the owners on either side have a legal interest in the wall.

Technically, it can be a illegal tresspass if the owner on one side carries out works to the wall without the consent of their neighbour. It can be a complex area of the law which covers more than one type of wall and situation.

The best known example of a party wall is the shared wall that separates adjoining occupiers in terraced or semi-detached houses. It can though also be af floor (for flats) as well as other structures and situations.
Yes. It is a legal requirement.

Failure to comply wiht the Act can epxose Building Owners to significant legal costs and claims for damages, real or imagined, if a Party Wall Award hasn’t been cretaed recording the works and proeprty condition.

The legal costs can dwarf the ‘damages’ costs if a neighbour were to take out an injunction in event no Party Wall Award has been created.

The Party Wall Act prescribes definite timescales thnat have to be followed unless the adjoining owner/ neighbour agrees to a shorter timescale.

Depending on the works, 4 or 8 weeks is common. For complex and signifianct projects it can take up to a year.

The cost varies.

For simple projects, having the required notices professionally drawn up and served on neighbours (from £29*), can be sufficient to discharge responsibilities under the Act.
Other wise awards start at £550* and increase depending on the project complexity.
*exc. VAT. Prices as of Oct 2025.

If your neighbour has commenced works that are notifiable under the Party Wall Act but has failed to serve the appropriate valid notices then a temporary injunction can be applied for at the County Court by the Adjoining Owner (neighbouring property).

This prevents works from continuing until a Party Wall Surveyor has been appointed to agree and produce a Party Wall Award. An injunction can be costly for the Building Owner carrying out works. In addition to legal costs, without a Schedule of Condition, the Building Owner/ developer can be exposed to additional claims for property damages that become difficult to counter.

Further information on the Party Wall Act can be found below:

FPWS Explanatory Guide
The Party Wall Act 1996