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You do not make it clear whether the amended drawings are actually incorrect. It is not unusual for the drawings to be amended during the preparation of the award to reflect changes or corrections of errors. The original drawing shows a step in the flank wall of your existing extension and the...

What paperwork? The deeds do not need to be updated. Stop fixating on irrelevant details.

@Nomadic78 Your response is still confused and jumbled. The party wall process does not work in the way you have described and you keep contradicting yourself or changing the details. I am beginning to think that the wall in question could well be a Type A party wall. In all probability if all...

That's not how it works. The Party Wall Award is driven by the Building Owners surveyor, the adjoining owner's surveyor usually just has a watching brief to check and agree what the building owners surveyor is doing. Earlier you said that you had your own surveyor or are you in fact both using...

Hang on a minute. Why would the surveyor visit the other neighbour unless he was touting for work? Sounds to me like this is a rogue surveyor who is trying to inflate his fee. It would be interesting to know how your first neighbour found them, it wasn't from a unsolicited letter following a...

Over the years I've worked on a number of different public sector contracts, NHS, MOD, local authority, housing associations etc. The one common thread that runs through all of them is the staggering levels of waste, bureaucracy and institutional incompetence. Anything that is touched by the...

Bit of a long shot but it looks like the house is split level? What is the height of the loft floor above the highest external ground level? Is it less than 4.5m by any chance?

Are you installing new rooflights forming a new opening in to the roof or replacing existing rooflights? That Fakro link it just plain wrong, they don't even know the difference between Building Regulations and Planning Permission. Try this link, Planning Portal is much more reliable and is...

I still not understand what a "kitchen to garage" is? Are you converting your garage to a kitchen? If so that requires building regulations approval. Also the installation of doors and rooflights may require building regulations approval.

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If the house is 100 years old and was converted to flats in the 1970's then surely it is a dwelling house? It strikes me that the council are being overly pedantic and the upgrade works to comply with current regulations would be a nightmare. I can understand the logic if you were converting to...

Either the stairs comply with the regulations or they don't. It shouldn't be down to the interpretation of a single building inspector or whether he is feeling a bit lax that day. The OP was fortunate that the inspector on that day decided to let it go. On a different day or with a different...

I think this says more about the calibre of Building Control Officers these days. Is it any wonder that the flammable cladding on Grenfell Tower was fully approved by the local council building inspector. I bet he said "it was fine and there were zero issues with it".

There is a planning application for the adjoining development so a 10 minute search on the council's planning website will provide a wealth of information. I usually work from a planning application to advise if the Party Wall Act is likely to apply, it's not rocket science. As for your last...

This just caught my eye. Why do people rate Heritage House as some kind of industry expert? They are just a business trying to attract customers much the same as Timberwise and DampPro the only difference is they slag everyone else off to try and give themselves some extra legitimacy. Funny...

You can instruct a surveyor for advice whenever you like. The only problem is that if the Building Owner hasn't served notice your surveyor does not have an official role and you will be paying the surveyor out of your own pocket, not the Building Owner's pocket. The Party Wall Surveyors must be...

Not related to SIPs but similar timber framed walling I just have plasterboard or cement board internally and cement board externally fixed to the studs behind the cladding. Building Control have always accepted that.

You should be able to approach a local reputable Party Wall Surveyor for some brief advice without incurring a fee, especially if it potentially could lead to an instruction. I would expect that they could look at the planning application and tell you whether the Party Wall Act is likely to...

Surely you have chosen JCT Intermediate with Contractors Design for a reason? Minor Works has no provision for contractors design. But if you have an architect I cannot see where the Contractors Design comes in? It has been a while since I used it so it may have changed but I often used JCT...

Which version of JCT Contract are you using? For a domestic extension Minor Works Contract is ample and there is no joint insurance provision. Usually the builder would have public liability insurance and the homeowner has cover under their standard buildings insurance. No need for a special...