party wall

Evening all. Looking for advise regards neighbours wanting a larger dormer loft putting in on there property. I have a few concerns to this. One being noise issue as can hear ever footstep on the landing as it is, not to mention when they are in there loft as it is. Second is structure as its...

Hi We removed the part of the chimney in our bathroom last year. (Did inform the neighbours) and the reminder was supported by the gallows brackets etc... neighbour was happy for us to remove the part of the chimney and all hunky dory. Build control passed the inspection and got the Completion...

I am trying to ascertain thickness of the party walls. The house is a 1910 built Edwardian Terrace. The external walls are an early cavity type with brick walls inner and solid stone on the outside of the property. The only place I can examine the party wall brickwork is the loft and bathroom...

Hi everyone, I'm going to do a rear extension, and as from the attached photo, my neighbour has already extended a bit, and we have signed the party wall agreement with them. My builder suggested to not build a wall alongside my neighbour's, instead, they'll build a new wall and leave about...

Hello forum members, thank you for reading this post. I was hoping if someone could help. We are building a rear extension and my neighbours have signed and consented to the line of junction, party wall, and excavation notices as its a semi detached property. She has sent us an...

hi all, I have several questions regarding a simple rear extension on a terraced house and I was wondering if anyone here can help with some knowledge. we'd like to know exactly how things work before we start spending money on approvals (restrictive covenants) and drawings. 1. my house is a...

Hi guys, soo my neighbour is building a single story extension after abit of talking we both decided a party wall would be best as we are planning to extend some time in the near future and both agreed we would split the cost of the party wall. we received a quote from there builder today and...

Hi all, I am looking to purchase a property but I’m slightly concerned about the neighbours extension. The extension was meant to be within the boundary but the neighbour decided to build it literally on top of the property for sale (I’d say about 3/4 of the brick is over the boundary line)...

Wondering if anyone can help, looking after some guidance please. I’m doing a loft conversion and currently reinstating the party wall edges. I had an issue with leaks prior to this and I believe it was due to having old concrete tiles on angle, without any lead flashing. I’ve attached a...

Hi, I’m looking to build a conservatory on the back of my semi detached property. It’ll be a lean-to design with a 600mm dwarf wall. One end will have a solid wall. This wall will come out 3m and slope down from approx 2750mm to 2500mm over the 3m. It will have the 600mm dwarf wall at the end...

Hi, Permitted development has been approved for our rear dormer loft plans with a tile hung design on the party wall side. Our architect designed it to sit away from the party wall. During our party wall award process, our neighbour flagged that their preference was for us to build up the...

Hello fellow DIYers, My architects have finished creating the building control drawings for a renovation of my mid-terrace property. One of the details show the coping stone over the side parapet wall for a new single-storey rear extension will cross the boundary due to its drip edge. I have...

Hi all, Hoping to get some advice please. I live in a block of flats that was originally an old Victorian building. It was converted into 5 flats decades ago. My downstairs neighbour has started to do some serious build works. I was in helping her carry something in and I noticed a number of...

Hi, I wonder if someone can help with understanding if the wall still constitue as party wall? Properties under question are two semi detached houses (not the adjoint ones but the one that are NOT joint by party wall, i.e. the detached part of semi-detached houses - if that makes sense)...

Hello, I'm having the ground floor kitchen/diner of my 5 year old new build totally rebuilt because it needs a cavity/drain system (another story). In the process the dot and dab will be removed. Although my house is end terraced, the block is staggered so the walls of the kitchen/diner are all...

So, we have 3 chimney breasts that are blocked off and are on the party wall - they are all papered over and I presume plasterboard/wood or similar has been used to block the gap. These are not vented at the bottom, which I thought had to happen. (Please note that I'd prefer not to have a vent...

Evening folks! I'm extending into an area that will retain a concierge. The the concierge office is staying as commercial whilst the extension will obviously be residential. The architect has specified the internal separating wall as being 100mm Celcon blocks + 50mm cavity + 100mm Celcon blocks...

I've recently had some underpinning design work done, and it's far more extensive than I'd hoped. I'm hoping to get advice here on how thorough I need to be. Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this! We have a semi-detached 60s ex-council house, which had a flat roofed outbuilding joined...

Hello My neighbour has almost finished their L Shaped Dormer and the Builders/Roofers have damaged my roof etc and have now after a lot of chasing they are working to make repairs (they were standing on my roof to complete the Dormer - i consented to this under the understanding that they repair...

We’ve built a party wall that straddles the boundary (party wall agreement in place) - neighbour has agreed this on the basis we’re paying to build the wall. There’s a double layer of breeze blocks with insulation in the middle. Builder says the neighbour must render his side, but the wall must...