Hi all,
I'm technically new here, although I've been a stalker of the forum for several years, and they have been invaluable to my projects in the past, so thanks
I'm after some help with the Party Wall Act, and can't find what I'm looking for after scouring through previous posts; my question is rather specific, and I can't decide whether I need to serve notice on my neighbour or not.
I've got a L shaped house, at the end of a terrace of three; the 'base house' is essentially a two bed, however when it was built (in 1975) an additional 'bit' was added on, making it an L. It's not an extension, as it's how the house was built (it even has a cavity wall, weird). I own all of the boundary, which has a wall sitting entirely on my property the whole way around (about 3' high with a 2' fence on top), the boundary wall does not separate any buildings, it only separates our gardens (thus it is not deemed a party wall).
I'm soon to be extending my house (essentially squaring off the L with a single storey 'wrap around'), and have planned to build up to the boundary line. I have planning permission agreed, and building regs approval, and will not be encroaching on my neighbours land (not even with guttering, as it'll be concealed); I will be building within 3m of my neighbours house, but I will not be digging deeper than my neighbours foundations (I dug down to mine to measure depth), so no notice needed there.
My question... As a wall already exists on the boundary, all I essentially want to do is replace it with a higher wall which will form the external wall of my extension (it will project 3m from my current house). I have read through the PWA, and it stipulates serving notice for the construction of a 'new wall' (Line of Junction notice), however this is not going to be a new wall, simply the renewing and raising of a current wall. Do I need to serve any notice to my neighbour? The reason ask is because although my neighbour is okay, her daughter is a nightmare (grown women, she doesn't live there), and I know that if I serve notice she'll object and then I'll have the expense of getting a PW Surveyor (possibly two) on board. I know the daughter will object as she did during the planning application, but her objection was ignored by the council.
I've attached a picture for reference, hopefully I've explained things well enough. Apologies for the loooong post, but needed to get some context in there!
Thanks for any help
I'm technically new here, although I've been a stalker of the forum for several years, and they have been invaluable to my projects in the past, so thanks
I'm after some help with the Party Wall Act, and can't find what I'm looking for after scouring through previous posts; my question is rather specific, and I can't decide whether I need to serve notice on my neighbour or not.
I've got a L shaped house, at the end of a terrace of three; the 'base house' is essentially a two bed, however when it was built (in 1975) an additional 'bit' was added on, making it an L. It's not an extension, as it's how the house was built (it even has a cavity wall, weird). I own all of the boundary, which has a wall sitting entirely on my property the whole way around (about 3' high with a 2' fence on top), the boundary wall does not separate any buildings, it only separates our gardens (thus it is not deemed a party wall).
I'm soon to be extending my house (essentially squaring off the L with a single storey 'wrap around'), and have planned to build up to the boundary line. I have planning permission agreed, and building regs approval, and will not be encroaching on my neighbours land (not even with guttering, as it'll be concealed); I will be building within 3m of my neighbours house, but I will not be digging deeper than my neighbours foundations (I dug down to mine to measure depth), so no notice needed there.
My question... As a wall already exists on the boundary, all I essentially want to do is replace it with a higher wall which will form the external wall of my extension (it will project 3m from my current house). I have read through the PWA, and it stipulates serving notice for the construction of a 'new wall' (Line of Junction notice), however this is not going to be a new wall, simply the renewing and raising of a current wall. Do I need to serve any notice to my neighbour? The reason ask is because although my neighbour is okay, her daughter is a nightmare (grown women, she doesn't live there), and I know that if I serve notice she'll object and then I'll have the expense of getting a PW Surveyor (possibly two) on board. I know the daughter will object as she did during the planning application, but her objection was ignored by the council.
I've attached a picture for reference, hopefully I've explained things well enough. Apologies for the loooong post, but needed to get some context in there!
Thanks for any help