Party Walls
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If your home shares a wall, floor, or boundary with a neighbouring property — as most terraced and semi-detached houses in West London do — certain loft conversion work is covered by the **Party Wall etc. Act 1996**. This law exists to protect both you and your neighbour when building work might affect a shared structure.
1. Notice. Your neighbour(s) must be formally notified in writing before work starts, giving them at least two months to respond.
2. Agreement or surveyor. If your neighbour agrees, that's usually the end of it. If they don't respond or object, a party wall surveyor (sometimes one shared, sometimes one for each side) is appointed to produce a **Party Wall Award** — a legal document setting out how and when the work can happen.
3. Schedule of condition. A surveyor typically records the condition of your neighbour's property before work starts, to protect both sides if any damage is later disputed.
Because of the statutory notice period, it's worth starting the party wall process as early as possible — ideally as soon as your plans are finalised, well before your build date. Delays here are one of the most common causes of a project starting later than expected.
This varies by agreement and by surveyor, but it's common for the person carrying out the building work to cover reasonable surveyor's fees on both sides.
We've managed the party wall process on hundreds of projects. We'll tell you honestly at your free survey whether your project is likely to need an agreement, help you understand the timeline, and can recommend surveyors we've worked with before.
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