richjthorpe
Prominent Member
Can anyone help on this one ?
I'm going to build an extension that is 6" away from the Party Fence Wall of the next door neighbours house. We live in a Victorian terrace by the way.
The next door neighbour has already an extension which is about 1.5m from the party wall fence and was built 15 years ago.
Under the Party Wall Act, I must give notice of any excavations that are within 3m of an adjoining owners property if the footings of my extension will be deeper than the adjoining owners footings.
I have been told by a person in the know that the original house does not come into play in this 3m rule (I don't know why at the moment but will find out) and so I wouldn't have to give party wall notice as I wouldn't be digging further than the footings of the neighbours extension.
If my person is wrong and the original house does come in to play, then I will certainly be diggin deeper than the footings (Victorian houses only have footings of about 0.5m where it is required nowadays for it to be a meter for extensions).
I've read the act and I haven't seen anything that backs him up on his statement and I can't find anything on the internet either.
Is there anyone who is a serveyor who knows about this at all ?
Thanks,
Richie.
I'm going to build an extension that is 6" away from the Party Fence Wall of the next door neighbours house. We live in a Victorian terrace by the way.
The next door neighbour has already an extension which is about 1.5m from the party wall fence and was built 15 years ago.
Under the Party Wall Act, I must give notice of any excavations that are within 3m of an adjoining owners property if the footings of my extension will be deeper than the adjoining owners footings.
I have been told by a person in the know that the original house does not come into play in this 3m rule (I don't know why at the moment but will find out) and so I wouldn't have to give party wall notice as I wouldn't be digging further than the footings of the neighbours extension.
If my person is wrong and the original house does come in to play, then I will certainly be diggin deeper than the footings (Victorian houses only have footings of about 0.5m where it is required nowadays for it to be a meter for extensions).
I've read the act and I haven't seen anything that backs him up on his statement and I can't find anything on the internet either.
Is there anyone who is a serveyor who knows about this at all ?
Thanks,
Richie.