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  • Everything You Need to Know About a Party Wall Notice

    • September 26, 2022
    • Posted by: Chris Cooper
    • Category: Party Walls
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    Renovation is an excellent way to breathe new life into familiar surroundings, and the prospect of giving your property a facelift can be exhilarating. However, before you bring the builders in and start tearing down the old for the new, it’s important to understand who might be affected by the construction work. In fact, you’re

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  • What is a Party Wall Award and do you need one?

    • November 9, 2022
    • Posted by: Chris Cooper
    • Category: Party Walls
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    When Party Wall notices have been served on the adjoining owners they have a choice between consenting to the works or dissenting to the words and appointing their own surveyor (or selecting the agreed surveyor option), or they may do nothing, which will result in a deemed dissent and a surveyor being appointed on their

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  • Everything You Need to Know About the Party Wall etc. Act 1996

    • October 9, 2022
    • Posted by: Chris Cooper
    • Category: Party Walls
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    Whether or not you get on well with your neighbours, the fact remains that noise and damage from construction work next door can be distracting. And if you weren’t informed beforehand, the whole experience can be frustrating. But did you know that you’re legally obliged to inform your neighbour in advance before carrying out construction

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  • What Is a Party Wall? Everything You Need to Know

    • January 4, 2022
    • Posted by: Chris Cooper
    • Category: Party Walls
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    What Exactly Is a Party Wall? A party wall is a wall that straddles the boundary of two adjoining buildings or properties. The 1996 Party Wall Act reveals two kinds of party walls. The first is known as a Type A wall. Section 20 (a) of the act describes a party wall as “a wall
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  • Do I need a Crane Oversail Licence for Highways?

    • January 17, 2017
    • Posted by: Chris Cooper
    • Category: Crane Oversail
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    Yes. For crane oversail licences over highways, your local authority website will normally have a form to download as well as attached guidance on what they require. This typically will include the following:   A completed & signed application form; A copy of your company Public Liability Insurance certificate; A copy of your crane operation

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