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Update so far, on day 5 of 10 day ex parte notice , the neighbours survey has responded to say (begrudgingly) that the award can be made by day 9, and that the fee proposed by my surveyor is fair (they clearly wanted more). Lets see what what happens at the end of the week.

Waltham Forest planing dept in my experience is not the most helpful, they will drag the process out and make you jump through hoops. Just saying...

Limewash - it wouldn't surprise me if this was the case. My council liked to use there full allocated time for any building regs/planning applications, regardless of complexity of the work being done. Permitted development approval took as long as a full planning application - 3 months. I...

My builder says he says he can't do work without using party wall. So I have decided to kick start things on both fronts, my surveyor is doing the ex parte process as its not my concern that other surveyor is unavailable. I've asked my surveyor to confirm just how long the neighbours surveyor...

Woody, ok I think I have a plan of action. First thing is to take control I hear that loud and clear! Then I will do the following: 1. Get other surveyor to confirm fees Asap and I will do that directly not through my appointed surveyor. 2. Talk to structural engineer to see if possible to do...

Woody - the surveyor would not contemplate acting as the agreed surveyor. My builder thought i was joking and insited on speaking to the surveyor himself - he got same answer. When I found my own surveyor he again said " why don't you share surveyors as it will save money and time" so its not...

The method statement we have supplied says "insertion of steel beams and padstones/spreader plates into the party wall structure using hand tools to a depth not exceeding more than half the thickness of the wall" Unfortunately other than talking to neighbour B since before Xmas about intended...

Hi I'm new posting to the forum but have lurking here for months getting as much info as possible before embarking on a loft conversion. Across all the forums the one thing I took on board was the need to communicate with neighbours, but I seem to have a neighbour who doesn't want to...