Party Wall Surveyor: Re Email from Robin Ainsworth (PWS) 23rd March 2010

26 November 2010

Re Email from Robin Ainsworth (PWS) 23rd March 2010

From: AinsworthSSL [mailto:ainsworthssl@btinternet.com]
Sent: 23 March 2010 17:06
To: XXXXXXX
Subject: RE:

Dear XXXXX

If my records are correct the appeal hearing was scheduled for last Friday.

Please advise whether the matter went to trial and if so the outcome.

In the alternative if a consent order was eventually agreed would you please let me have a copy of the final order including the drawing indicating revised fixing locations.

Yours sincerely

Robin Ainsworth

Ainsworth Surveying Services Ltd

Conifer House

5 Vernon Avenue

Eccles

Manchester

M30 0UE

Tel: 0161 789 4194

Fax: 0161 707 5066

E: AinsworthSSL@btinternet.com

1 comment:

Anonymous26 June 2012 at 00:06
I hear the appeal was upheld due to Mr A and the other PWS incompetence in conducting an wholly inaccurate survey of both properties that would have resulted in either a complete collapse of the building or significant damage to them. They also attempted to circumvent obtaining Listed Building consent. They appear to be the 2nd hand car sales men of Party Wall surveying.
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The Party Wall Act 1996

The Party Wall Act 1996 came into force in 1997, so it is now law and gives you rights and responsibilities whichever the side of the 'wall' you are on i.e. whether you are planning/doing work on a relevant structure or if your neighbour is.

The Party Wall Act does not affect any requirement for Planning Permission or Building Regulation Approval for any work undertaken. Likewise, having Planning Permission and/or Building Regulation Approval does not negate the requirements under the Party Wall Act.

The Party Wall Act comes into effect if someone is planning to do work on a relevant structure, for the purposes of the Act 'party wall' does not just mean the wall between two semi-detached properties, it covers:

A wall forming part of only one building but which is on the boundary line between two (or more) properties.
A wall which is common to two (or more) properties, this includes where someone built a wall and a neighbour subsequent built something butting up to it.
A garden wall, where the wall is astride the boundary line (or butts up against it) and is used to separate the properties but is not part of any building.
Floors and ceilings of flats etc.
Excavation near to a neighbouring property.

As with all work affecting neighbours, it is always better to reach a friendly agreement rather than resort to any law. Even where the work requires a notice to be served, it is better to informally discuss the intended work, consider the neighbours comments, and amend your plans (if appropriate) before serving the notice.

Be very careful when choosing a Party Wall surveyor as you cannot sack them once signed up as the clinent in this blog`s correspondance found out.

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