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mattH

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Party Wall award question... Hello, we are a building company and are constructing in a side alley and abutting a neighbours house wall. Hyde Housing own next door. To avoid Thames water drain issues and a long party wall process. I designed a cantilevered system so there is no weight or fixings on the neighbour?s wall or the drain below. So the party wall stuff amounts to weathering - fitting lead to prevent any stuff damaging either property. My surveyor is going to charge me effectively full surveyor fees to make the party wall letter of ?1800. For grinding in a bit of lead into the neighbours wall. The cantilevered system is made so there are no fixings to the neighbour?s wall. So my client is being charged ?1800 for a drawing, few photos and a letter referring to a law.. Hyde?s surveyor will no doubt charge the same. So its ?3600 for lead flashing. To be honest, although this is not my cost, it makes me really angry. What is this?? This is half a day?s work for our surveyor: a draughtsman takes measurements i provide, surveyor writes a letter. ?1800. The other surveyor takes some pictures, reads the report. Writes a letter. ?1800. What can i do about this? As i understand it there is no legal requirement for a party wall surveyor to be qualified. Which means i could get anyone to do the stuff for my client. Pay them a couple of hundred. Then my client only gets stung by Hyde's Surveyor. Am i correct?
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