Our Surveyors specialise in Residential Surveying, we are experienced in a range of Surveying Services including Party Wall Agreements, Property Valuations, Pre-purchase Surveys, Property Dispute Mediation and Boundary Disputes. We are experienced, qualified and on hand to assist with your Surveying matters.With our head office based in North London and further offices based in Central London and Surrey, we have experienced RICS Chartered Surveyors, Members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Members of the Chartered Institute of Building, RICS Registered Valuers and RICS Accredited Mediators.
Here at Berry Lodge Surveyors, our Chartered Surveyors and Building Surveyors are not only qualified but are also experienced, specialising in Party Wall Surveying and Residential Surveying. Through our industry-first client portal, you can be sure to be kept up to date throughout the entire Surveying process.
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The Party Wall etc Act 1996 covers three different types of work:
1) Works directly to a Party Wall, a Party Structure or a Party Fence Wall
2) Excavations within 3m or 6m and to a depth lower than the adjoining owner’s (the neighbour’s) foundations
3) New walls built up to, or astride, the line of junction
The Party Wall Agreement procedure is in place to ensure that both the building owner and the adjoining owner are legally protected before, during and after the works.
To ensure this, a Party Wall Surveyor will consider the building owner’s construction work from the perspective of the adjoining owner’s property.
The Party Wall Surveyor will ensure the potential risk associated with the construction works is as low as it can be, while also ensuring all the logistics of the works have been considered thereby avoiding disputes between the owners.
The Party Wall Agreement process follows a strict statutory procedure which commences when the building owner serves a Party Wall Notice upon the adjoining owner in advance of the construction works commencing.
Once a Party Wall Notice is served the adjoining owner will have three Notice response options open to them:
Party Wall Notice response options:
Once a Party Wall Notice is served the adjoining owner will have three response options:
1) Consenting to the Party Wall Notice: This means that the adjoining owner reserves the formalities and protections of the Party Wall etc Act 1996, thereby allowing the building owner to commence their proposed construction work.
In all normal cases the building owner would then be able to commence the proposed construction works at the earliest opportunity without delay.
2) Dissenting to the Party Wall Notice and appointing their own Party Wall Surveyor: When an adjoining owner dissents to the Party Wall Notice they are activating the procedures and protections set out by the Party Wall etc Act 1996.
By appointing their own Party Wall Surveyor, the building owner will then be duty-bound to appoint a Party Wall Surveyor, with those two Surveyors following the Party Wall procedures and agreeing a Party Wall Award legally protecting both owners.
3) Dissenting to the Party Wall Notice and appointing an Agreed Party Wall Surveyor: This option is the same as the second Party Wall Notice response option, with the only difference being that one Party Wall Surveyor acts impartially on behalf of both the building owner and the adjoining owner.
1) Works directly to a Party Wall, a Party Structure or a Party Fence Wall
2) Excavations within 3m or 6m and to a depth lower than the adjoining owner’s (the neighbour’s) foundations
3) New walls built up to, or astride, the line of junction
The Party Wall Agreement procedure is in place to ensure that both the building owner and the adjoining owner are legally protected before, during and after the works.
To ensure this, a Party Wall Surveyor will consider the building owner’s construction work from the perspective of the adjoining owner’s property.
The Party Wall Surveyor will ensure the potential risk associated with the construction works is as low as it can be, while also ensuring all the logistics of the works have been considered thereby avoiding disputes between the owners.
The Party Wall Agreement process follows a strict statutory procedure which commences when the building owner serves a Party Wall Notice upon the adjoining owner in advance of the construction works commencing.
Once a Party Wall Notice is served the adjoining owner will have three Notice response options open to them:
Party Wall Notice response options:
Once a Party Wall Notice is served the adjoining owner will have three response options:
1) Consenting to the Party Wall Notice: This means that the adjoining owner reserves the formalities and protections of the Party Wall etc Act 1996, thereby allowing the building owner to commence their proposed construction work.
In all normal cases the building owner would then be able to commence the proposed construction works at the earliest opportunity without delay.
2) Dissenting to the Party Wall Notice and appointing their own Party Wall Surveyor: When an adjoining owner dissents to the Party Wall Notice they are activating the procedures and protections set out by the Party Wall etc Act 1996.
By appointing their own Party Wall Surveyor, the building owner will then be duty-bound to appoint a Party Wall Surveyor, with those two Surveyors following the Party Wall procedures and agreeing a Party Wall Award legally protecting both owners.
3) Dissenting to the Party Wall Notice and appointing an Agreed Party Wall Surveyor: This option is the same as the second Party Wall Notice response option, with the only difference being that one Party Wall Surveyor acts impartially on behalf of both the building owner and the adjoining owner.
In the past 5 years our Building Surveyors have been involved in over 500 Million Pounds worth of construction projects. With our head office based in North London and further offices based in Central London and Surrey, we have experienced RICS Chartered Surveyors, Members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Members of the Chartered Institute of Building, RICS Registered Valuers and RICS Accredited Mediators.
Our favourite part of the job is being able to provide our clients with a cost and time effective service. We take great pride in helping our clients always achieve the best possible results. You can see what some of our previous clients have to say about us in our Surveying testimonial videos. Whether it be a Party Wall Agreement, providing a Valuation, undertaking a Homebuyer Report or Building Surveyor or even a Mediation matter. I really appreciate your hard work over the last couple of weeks, during what has been a challenging time for everyone.
Here at Berry Lodge, our clients are at the core of our activities, we work hard to ensure the service we offer them is unparalleled. The Berry Lodge Portal is an industry first and puts you firmly in the driving seat of your Surveying matter. Not only does it allow full client integration into the day to day activities of the file, but it has the benefit of keeping you fully informed on each and every aspect of the Surveyor's actions and activities.The Berry Lodge Portal ensures that you're in control of your Surveying matter throughout the job and are only ever a click away from a file update.
Reviews (1)
Margaux P.
Aug 26, 2020
Absolute waste of time and money. Didn't notice rising damp pretending there was furniture in front of the wall, in spite of their own photos showing there wasn't. The CEDR decided they weren't at fault because 'a survey can't be exhaustive', even though we had asked them to specifically check for damp. We find ourselves with 6000 worth of replastering works. Excerpts from their own emails, which seemed to have been copied and pasted by mistake in a message to us, showed they didn't take measures on the external walls.
They even tried to charge me again to come and survey the walls again. When they did they measured high levels of moisture - an expert witness has confirmed since this was rising damp and should have been noted in the first survey. Appalling service.
They even tried to charge me again to come and survey the walls again. When they did they measured high levels of moisture - an expert witness has confirmed since this was rising damp and should have been noted in the first survey. Appalling service.