Of course, you could be careful and act informally without notice, but that is not recommended. Such a procedure can be risky, especially if the free owner of the left field suddenly breaks the coverage – if this happens, it must prove how the law was respected. You can use this letter from the HomeOwners Alliance to send it to your neighbors. Once the agreement has been certified and signed, both parties have 14 days to appeal if either side believes the agreement was reached illegally. If you live in a semi-detached house or a semi-detached house, share a wall with your neighbor – the party wall. Any loft extension or conversion that concerns this wall requires communication from the party president and could therefore require a cooperation agreement. You must also provide a notification if you propose to dig within 3 meters of a nearby building or to complete construction work on the party wall, for example to remove a chimney. We recommend hiring a surveyor to deal with a situation like this – you should in any case appoint a surveyor to deal with the problem of lack of hand carriers, so that you can name one from the beginning instead of being attached to it. If the construction work has an impact on a party structure, you must do so at least two months before work begins. For excavations, you must be noticed at least one month in advance. Work can begin as soon as an agreement has been reached. By definition, a party wall is a wall that sits along the boundary of the land in at least two different property. There are different types of structure that can form a party wall.

For example, common walls between townhouses and semi-detached houses and walls between two gardens at the border. A wall entirely located on land in a single property, but used by at least two owners to separate their real estate, is also covered by the law on the walls of the party. For example, when a nearby structure connects to a wall that belongs to the other neighbor. The part of the wall surrounded by the Lean-to is classified as a party wall. If you are not aware of it (as are many surveyors and lawyers), it is very difficult to authorize the work under the law. Notifications cannot be served after the completion of the work and, as the law is invoked by the notification of termination, there can be no party price without notice.