Background Our appointing owner was first made aware of their neighbour's proposed building work when they received a hand-delivered party wall notice through their letter box. TK Surveying Group have acted as Party Wall Surveyors in and around North London including Haringey, Enfield, Barnet, Cheshunt, Islington, Hackney for over two decades and we had very recently undertaken two party wall appointments on the same terraced close. The adjoining owner requested a site consul

Although the 1996 Act is almost two decades old, it has been comparatively slow in coming to the attention of the public and building professionals, whilst the wording of the Act provides little indication as to the exact nature of the surveyor’s role. The purpose of the governing Legislation is to facilitate construction operations near property boundaries. One way in which this is achieved is by granting rights to property owners to undertake work to land or structures on t