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  1. Lacuna

    Party Wall Act... do I need to serve notice?!

    Wessex101. We are agreeing - the building owner cannot do anything that causes the neighbour unnecessary inconvenience and that would include wrecking their garden, So, no storage of materials, no siting the cement mixer on the neighbours land, limitations on how long the scaffold will be there...
  2. Lacuna

    Party Wall Act... do I need to serve notice?!

    Not quite Wessex101. Section 8(1) says: 'A building owner, his servants, agents and workmen may during usual working hours enter and remain on any land or premises for the purpose of executing any work in pursuance of this Act and may remove any furniture or fittings or take any other action...
  3. Lacuna

    Party Wall Act... do I need to serve notice?!

    I'll go along with that. If you don't get on with your neighbours, it's a toss up. Build the wall a little back from the boundary so you don't need to serve notice and your neighbour can't insist on the appointment of surveyors but the wall will have to be built overhand to avoid trespassing...
  4. Lacuna

    Party Wall Act... do I need to serve notice?!

    Woody is pretty much on the right lines 'ish. The 3ft wall built on your own land will be a 'boundary wall' under the PWeA. Section 1(1)(b) says that where is a boundary wall at the line of junction i.e. where your land abuts the neighbour's, Section 1 as a whole applies. That means that if you...
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