For the served party wall award, the fees are high, but I accept them. But I cannot pay a company that is different from the company I received services from.
What I challenge is the fees where the party wall is disputed. Between the two surveyors I have incurred fees of £2400…
He is not RICS certified. He is FPWS. I am drawing up a complaint.
Meanwhile the adjoining RICS surveyor has issued an invoice with one header but asking me to pay another entity. They claim that the firms are related but they are not. It’s a royal mess.
And it gets worse. I've just realised that I have been sent cloud links for the PWA. These could be tampered with so I believe there is a risk of spoilation of the data. The PWA may not even be valid for the one adjoining owner it has been served on!
Unlike building regulations, I do know my way around GDPR. I am sure this is just him being lazy and not documenting the file with photos. I've stated I cannot accept or pay the award without the photos. As I do not have a paper copy of them, how can I start the work?
And in an even more bizarre turn of events, my own surveyor is refusing to share the photos the schedule of condition citing GDPR. Is this normal? This is for the neighbour that I agree the party wall for, is this normal??
Thanks Stevie. I will have a look tonight at the deeds, I thought they were silent. It is messy yes, the freehold was owned by the estate agent who sold me the property. That took a year to resolve. Planning was another issue, I had to go to the planning inspectorate to get that passed. Now...
Wessex, I cannot clarify much more, if you find it jumbled that is fine. At this point there is no point diving into the past.
The simple question is, is the wall a party wall or not? In your own statement you are saying it is might be a type A party wall. If true, then no issues with updating...