Party Wall Agreement Vs Party Wall Award?

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A party wall Agreement generally covers a half a portion of the wall of the adjoining owner.

A party wall generally comes under the party wall act West Drayton.

Under this act, an agreement is signed between the adjoining owners. A party wall surveyor is appointed by the appointing committee. The role of the surveyor is statutory and none of his decision is obligatory to the appointing committee. to find out more about party wall act. Click here!

Duration

Duration for which party is constructed depends. If it is then constructed without any agreement, it is considered to be permanent. If it is made according to some agreement, then it will last as long as it lasts. In other words, if the agreement is broken due to some reason, the party wall ceases to exist.


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Party walls are made according to party wall agreement West Drayton. Party walls can be removed or constructed according to the approval of either of the owner. Unless and until there is a legal agreement, none of the owners can build a window or opening of any kind in the party walls. Party walls can be used to make chimneys as long as the chimney covers only half of the party wall at the top and full of the bottom.

A party wall agreement West Drayton

Party wall agreement is an agreement according to which a notice is served to either of the owners regarding the construction of the party wall. A party wall notice if it contains typing errors of any kind is still valid as long as the recipient is able to understand the notice. If it is invalid if the content of the agreement does not meet the requirements.

A party wall award

A party walls award West Drayton is very much like a party wall agreement. The only difference being a party wall award is more formal. It contains details such as the extent to which the party wall can be constructed, the duration for which it can be constructed, the depth of construction, etc.

Hence we can conclude that party wall agreements and party wall awards is more or less the same thing. The only difference being that an award is more formal and explanatory than an agreement.

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