I made a mistake in thinking my neighbour owned the adjoining property and got his verbal consent for carrying out excavations for a rear single storey extension. He never mentioned he was a tenant and so I got on with it.
After the trenches were opened the owner, a housing association, phoned me and demanded a party wall notice for the works. In a panic I filed a notice myself that night as the guy on the phone began to threaten injunctions.
Having spoken to a couple of surveyors and had a search online I found most of the answers in that the act is not retrospective but how do I go about rescinding the notice as the works aren't covered.
I am happy to pay for someone to take a survey of the property now and then inspect it again in the near future to see if any damage has occured and of course I will pay for it but I am wondering if I've got myself stuck and now I have to go ahead with the Party Wall Notice I served on Monday night.
Any advice would be greatly appreciate.
After the trenches were opened the owner, a housing association, phoned me and demanded a party wall notice for the works. In a panic I filed a notice myself that night as the guy on the phone began to threaten injunctions.
Having spoken to a couple of surveyors and had a search online I found most of the answers in that the act is not retrospective but how do I go about rescinding the notice as the works aren't covered.
I am happy to pay for someone to take a survey of the property now and then inspect it again in the near future to see if any damage has occured and of course I will pay for it but I am wondering if I've got myself stuck and now I have to go ahead with the Party Wall Notice I served on Monday night.
Any advice would be greatly appreciate.