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Dangerous, Woody! How would you know if he had a solicitor poised to jump or not? Some people have nothing better to do than to watch their neighbours very carefully just waiting for them to give an excuse to take them to law. If there is bad blood already, you can bet they will try In the...

The paras you are quoting from part 31 of the explanatory book are aimed at an adjoining owner. Silence never means consent. Para 3 advises that ignoring a notice can lead to a wall being built on the line of junction, but a dispute still arises if he fails to consent. The dispute would involve...

Anything that you are required to serve them notice about can potentially result in a "dispute" arising if they don't respond or respond negatively. That looks like both your points 1 and 2 to me. See my posting before yours though. There are probably ways of constructing your extension to...

The PWA cannot define every single operation that might fall within its remit, so common sense is necessary, and opinions might vary, slightly. Most surveyors would agree that putting up shelves screwed into the PW would not be covered, but (say) cutting a small alcove in it might be. I don't...

Hi Woody, what I meant was that if she wanted a letter or something that she could show her neighbour I could do that. Not free, but covered by my PI. I am happy to discuss matters generally on thr open forum though. Cheers, Bob

Hi Heather, I sympathise with you. The dispute resolution process under the PWA falls away (and all work by PW surveyors must stop) as soon as; a) the neighbour decides to consent, or b) you no longer propose undertaking any work controlled by the PWA. So, your options are; a) Persuade...

I understand and sympathise with your problem fd3typer2. What is position now? You need to be very careful to avoid costs escalating that will end up at your door. One way is to execute the work in such a way that it no longer falls under the PWA (i.e. keep foundations no deeper than next door...