London Flat, 14 day legal notice of shared wall building work on neighbours flat

[BrilloPad]

If the neighbours are doing work then they have to pay to protect your property. They have to appoint a surveyor on your behalf.

[Support Monkey]

Why not just go round the neighbours and have a chat with them about it, and ask to look at the plans, also check out the council website as the plans will be on there

I would ask them if their insured for any damage to the party wall

Putting steels in is not going to effect you unless they go through the wall which is unlikely unless its very unstable already and if they do they will be liable for all repairs.

If its not your property they need to be speaking to the freeholder anyway, your only concern should be the noise and disruption they may cause, again i would be speaking to them maybe come to an agreement to only work weekdays and to stop after 17:00 PM

[Troll]

If they are installing a lift next door - which will generate noise- should you not be insisting on a say in the level of sound proofing to be added to the party wall?

[doodab]

If they are installing a lift next door - which will generate noise- should you not be insisting on a say in the level of sound proofing to be added to the party wall?

WHS. I have a couple of friends who have had work done on a party wall and in EVERY case there have been problems afterwards because of noise transmission into the neighbours house.

[d000hg]

Have you thought about just asking the neighbour to show you the plans? It's in their interest to be friendly and open so you don't cause a fuss.

[sbakoola]

There are no neighbours present its full of sacks of cement ready for work to commence so no contact. More worrying is that the flat upstairs made several attempts to contact the surveyor representing next door wanting the building work done and was met with a wall of silence. Our building maintenance company which charges us 3k plus per year didnt answer any questions of mine and recommended the name of a surveyor only. Questions about who was going to check out the builders insurance and what was the typical procedure for party wall disputes and claiming compensation in the event of problems ocuring. And its the building maintenance company that deals with the building insurance not us mad
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Does anyone know how to go about putting a stop to this work if our surveyor would spot something dangerous.?

Thanks in advance.

[doodab]

There are no neighbours present its full of sacks of cement ready for work to commence so no contact. More worrying is that the flat upstairs made several attempts to contact the surveyor representing next door wanting the building work done and was met with a wall of silence. Our building maintenance company which charges us 3k plus per year didnt answer any questions of mine and recommended the name of a surveyor only. Questions about who was going to check out the builders insurance and what was the typical procedure for party wall disputes and claiming compensation in the event of problems ocuring. And its the building maintenance company that deals with the building insurance not us mad
mad

Does anyone know how to go about putting a stop to this work if our surveyor would spot something dangerous.?

Thanks in advance.

Read the guide I posted. It tells you what to do. Basically you can reply to the notice and if you can't reach agreement then you invoke the dispute resolution procedure.

[sbakoola]

Thanks for that, reading the guide it looks like the owner of the flat next door is liable to pay for any damages created on our side due to the building work. Unfortunately the owner of the flat next door is based in Monaco ! so how could the English courts pursue him if we lodge a claim for damages and he doesn't bother turning up to court ? Also he sounds like a property developer what if he sells the building 4 months after the work is complete but then 2 months after this it is revealed that there is a problem with subsidence or a structural weakness in the shared flat wall manifests itself ... he can do a runner with the money and not be liable right ??