Hi All,
I’m hoping someone may be able to help me – I hope this should be an easy question to answer….. I live in a terraced house with a single story extension. My neighbour is building a single story extension (although 1.5M higher and 2M longer than ours). The extension doesn’t use our extension wall but it is very close - between 20-50cms away. At the time the extension started the neighbour mentioned that he wouldn’t need a Party Wall Agreement as he wasnt looking to use a shared wall. I don’t think he was acting maliciously as he said his architect had looked into it and it was fine. A colleague has since mentioned that a PWA may have been needed. I’ve looked on the booklet (below) on a government website and it points out in point 28that if the neighbour goes below the foundations of my extension within 3M, a PWA is required.
My question is without excavating how will they know how deep my foundations go and therefore how would you determine if a PWA is required?
Should one be in place?
Is the normal procedure to look at the plans of my extension, assuming that their foundations will go to the same level as mine as the extension is only a bit larger than mine and therefore assume that no PWA is needed?
Oh, and I'm seeing cracks in the plaster in my extension now which I’m concerned about…
https://assets.publishing.service.g..._Wall_etc__Act_1996_-_Explanatory_Booklet.pdf
Many Thanks
I’m hoping someone may be able to help me – I hope this should be an easy question to answer….. I live in a terraced house with a single story extension. My neighbour is building a single story extension (although 1.5M higher and 2M longer than ours). The extension doesn’t use our extension wall but it is very close - between 20-50cms away. At the time the extension started the neighbour mentioned that he wouldn’t need a Party Wall Agreement as he wasnt looking to use a shared wall. I don’t think he was acting maliciously as he said his architect had looked into it and it was fine. A colleague has since mentioned that a PWA may have been needed. I’ve looked on the booklet (below) on a government website and it points out in point 28that if the neighbour goes below the foundations of my extension within 3M, a PWA is required.
My question is without excavating how will they know how deep my foundations go and therefore how would you determine if a PWA is required?
Should one be in place?
Is the normal procedure to look at the plans of my extension, assuming that their foundations will go to the same level as mine as the extension is only a bit larger than mine and therefore assume that no PWA is needed?
Oh, and I'm seeing cracks in the plaster in my extension now which I’m concerned about…
https://assets.publishing.service.g..._Wall_etc__Act_1996_-_Explanatory_Booklet.pdf
Many Thanks