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This post contains essential information for contractors to avoid legal action by not following the Party wall etc. Act 1996 (Act). When considering to inject a new damp proof course into a Party Wall you must serve notice under Section 2 subsections 2 (f). This is a formal notice containing details of both the building owner and adjoining owner, and describe the intended work and the intended timescales. There is a statutory notice period of two months under section 2 of the Act for forward planning is essential.
The service of notice is not a simple task and you should enlist the services of a qualified Surveyor, but similarly to our industry the Surveying industry too has fake Surveyor and you can simply pay a £300.00 fee and become a member of the faculty of party wall Surveyors and display the initials MFPWS after your name. This is not a qualification and many of these "plastic Surveyors" are responsible for negligence and prone to providing disinformation.
We recommend you only use a qualified member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
for any Party Wall element.
The consequences of not using a professional Surveyor can be serious and the adjoining owner can seek an injunction if you fail to serve a notice or indeed a invalid one.