Party Wall Surveyors and their tricks

No they cannot prevent you from doing the work, merely ensure that the work is carried out in a way that will not affect the party wall and/or adjacent structure. Unfortunately their surveyor's fee is down to you, but if it is non-contentious the same surveyor can, if they agree, act for you and them. Basically it comes down to looking at what is proposed to identify any issues, and compiling a schedule of condition of the relevant walls etc. This does act as some protection for you, since if there are cracks etc there already they will be noted on the schedule and you/your builder cannot be blamed for them at a later date.

If the current edition is as good as its predecessors, 'Party Walls and what to do with them' is a book well worth buying.

Oh you'll get other spam too. Can't think who else spammed us after applications went in but it was easy to spot. All building related.

I had a good one - an application for a certificate of lawfulness for an existing garage got offers of finanace and builders to build the garage that had been completed 10 years previously.

I suppose I should have asked the builders to come and tell me what they could do for me!

Thanks for the info.