Party Wall Surveyors in Barnet
Why appoint BH Party Wall Surveyors as your Surveyor?
​We only take on as much work as we can comfortably handle so we can take it slowly and carefully. When you appoint us, you receive a dedicated service which is very customer-centric and which brings to bear over twelve years of experience undertaking Party Wall work.
We also offer a free telephone consultation regarding Party Wall matters. Advice is completely impartial and transparent and if we are not convinced that you require a Surveyor we will let you know, so you can avoid the whole process.
You can contact us on 0 20 30 11 12 79
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The email address is:
info @ bhpwsurveyors.co.uk (all as one word)
Emailing a copy of the drawings in advance of the call would assist us in providing a more bespoke response with regards to the particulars of the works. ​​​​​​​​​​
Appointed by either the Building Owner, the Adjoining Owner, or by both parties (in which case we act as Agreed Surveyor) we provide the following services:
Cost Savings. We actively manage the Party Wall process and utilise various strategies in order to keep down the costs to Building Owners.
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When acting for Adjoining Owners we seek to protect them from incurring costs, given that it is the Building Owners who ought to pay for the cost of the process.
Have your architects missed a trick or made a mistake? If the drawings can be amended to more fully maximise the Building Owner's rights under the Act, we will advise.
Where any works are not be permitted under the Act we advise appointing owners.
Just want an update or to check something?
Timely communication by telephone and email ensures that you are able to actively feed into the process by inputting any relevant information.
We are easily contactable by phone and email.
Do you need an Architect or Structural Engineer?
​We work closely with handpicked professionals who consistently produce high quality results. Our collaboration with them ensures that the drawings are sufficiently detailed and conform to the Party Wall Act.
About the London borough of Barnet
The borough covers an area of 33 square miles, and has a population density of 12,090 people per square mile. Barnet is the second largest London borough by population.
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The borough of Barnet includes the areas of Edgware, Finchley, Friern Barnet, Hampstead, Hendon, High Barnet, Mill Hill, Totteridge & Whetstone, Cricklewood, Colindale, Childs Hill.
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Barnet postcodes include: EN4, EN5, N2, N3, N11, N12, N14, N20, NW4, NW7, NW9, HA8
Planning Applications within the London borough of Barnet
There are typically around 2,820 planning applications received by Barnet Council per year, of which circa 78% of applications were granted.
Recent Party Wall projects undertaken within the London borough of Barnet
Photo of Finchley, N3
Photo of Edgware HA8
Photo of Hendon, NW4
Party Wall Surveying in Barnet - Costs
So how much do Party Wall Surveyors charge in Barnet?
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The answer depends on a number of factors described below:
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1. If you are the Adjoining Owner then the process should cost you nothing as it is the Building Owner who is supposed to cover the cost (with rare exceptions).
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2. As a Building Owner you should expect your Surveyor to provide a breakdown of costs per number of Adjoining Owners. E.g., if you have to serve Notice on two Adjoining Owners the cost is not 2x the cost of serving on just one Adjoining Owner, but far less. Expect to pay about 25% more for the Party Wall process where there is a second Adjoining Owner. Why? Because the Surveyor's fees should reflect only the additional time involved.
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3. Your Surveyor should provide a discount if one or more of the Adjoining Owners consents to the works because in that situation there is less work for the Surveyor to undertake. Expect to pay no more than 50% of the total fee where there is a single Adjoining Owner who consents.
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4. If there are multiple Adjoining Owners e.g., when serving Notice on a block of flats, expect to pay a vastly reduced rate, given that much of the Surveyor's output will be copy and paste.
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5. Additional factors that the Surveyor will take into consideration when quoting include, the size of the neighbouring houses (Schedules of Condition take longer when there is more area to cover); the quality of the drawings (poor drawings require the Surveyor to spend time understanding the extent of the works and requesting amendments) and the scope of the works (the more detailed the work, the more aspects there are to consider in the Party Wall Award).
6. The amount that a Party Wall Surveyor would charge in Barnet depends on many different factors. Assuming the works are to a medium sized Victorian house and the works are not very extensive, expect to pay circa £1,250 if there is one Adjoining Owner, £1,600 if there are two Adjoining Owners and a reduction if one or more of the Adjoining Owners consents to the works.​
Party Wall Surveyor in Barnet - Questions to ask a Building Owner's Surveyor
​1. What are the Surveyor fees if the Adjoining Owners 'dissent' to the works?
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2. What are the Surveyor fees if the Adjoining Owners 'consent' to the works?
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3. Is there any change to the fees if the Surveyor acts for both parties as Agreed Surveyor?
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4. What steps will you be undertaking to ensure that any Adjoining Owner's Surveyor fees are kept low?
5. Will you be providing feedback on the structural drawings before serving Notice on my behalf?
6. Will you be advising me how I can maximise my rights under the Party Wall Act?
7. When will I be informed about any selected Third Surveyor and his identity?
8. If the two parties decide to consent to various works 'outside of the Party Wall Act', will your fee include providing the paperwork for sign off?
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9. How many years experience do you have acting as a Party Wall Surveyor?
10. Are you a member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors?
Party Wall Surveyor in Barnet - Questions to ask an Adjoining Owner's Surveyor
​1. Can you advise whether the Party Wall Notice and drawings are adequate?
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2. What are the risk factors that can be identified from the drawings?
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3. What steps will you be taking to mitigate the identified risk factors?
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4. Will there be any enclosure on a Party Wall which would result in a payment to me?
5. Following the Schedule of Condition will photos of the inside my house be shared with the Building Owner or will they remain private?
6. What is the process should damage occur to my property as a result of the works?
7. When will I be informed about any selected Third Surveyor and his identity?
8. If the two parties decide to consent to various works 'outside of the Party Wall Act', will your fee include providing the paperwork for sign off?
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9. How many years experience do you have acting as a Party Wall Surveyor?
10. Are you a member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors?
Party Wall drawings: Architectural and Structural Engineering in Barnet
In an ideal world, architectural and structural drawings would be undertaken correctly and in sufficient detail in the first place and the whole design process would run smoothly from beginning to end.
Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world and from our experience we know only too well that architects and engineers often produce drawings that contain errors, are ambiguous in some aspects, or which don't contain the details required in order for them to be compliant with the Party Wall Act.
Which is exactly why a collaboration and oversight at the design stage, between the design team (architects / structural engineers) and an experienced Party Wall Surveyor generally leads to the best results.
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​We only work with a small group of tried and tested architects and engineers who are both good at what they do and also price fairly. Any errors or inadequacies in the drawings are dealt with between the Party Wall Surveyor and the design team without the client's need to get involved, and as a result, delays and additional hidden costs are avoided.
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It is all too common for clients to pay the design team in full, on trust, only to find out, sometimes months later that the drawings which looked fine to the untrained eye of the client, were in fact not at all up to par. Trying to persuade the designer to re-visit the project, all that time later, does not always yield positive results, particularly where there are a multitude of issues with the drawings that would take significant time to fix.
This issue is avoided by appointing us as Party Wall Surveyors to carefully check the drawings on your behalf, feed into the design process where details are missing and ensure that the drawings are comprehensive both in terms of addressing Party Wall matters and also sufficient for the contractor to competently work off. Comprehensively drafted drawings can also help when going out to tender.
The drawings that we arrange for you, are fully guaranteed. So if it transpires that further minor changes are still required, this will be undertaken in a timely manner at no extra cost as part of the service level that we commit to at the start of the process.
Parks and Open Spaces in Barnet
​Parks
Childs Hill Park; Basing Hill Park; Cherry Tree Wood, East Finchley; Edgwarebury Park, Edgware; Friary Park, Friern Barnet; Hendon Park, Hendon; Lyttelton Playing Fields, Hampstead Garden Suburb; Mill Hill Park, Mill Hill; Oak Hill Park, East Barnet; Old Court House Recreation Ground, High Barnet; Sunny Hill Park, Hendon; Swan Lane Open Space, Whetstone; Tudor Sports Ground, New Barnet; Victoria Park, Finchley Central; Victoria Recreation Ground, New Barnet; Watling Park, Burnt Oak; West Hendon Playing Fields; Bethune Park, Friern Barnet; Bittacy Hill Park, Mill Hill; Brent Park, Hendon; Highlands Gardens, New Barnet; Long Lane Pasture, Finchley; Whitings Hill Open Space, Chipping Barnet.
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Nature reserves
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Brent Reservoir; Big Wood and Little Wood, Hampstead Garden Suburb; Oak Hill Wood, East Barnet; Scratchwood and Moat Mount open space, Mill Hill; Coppetts Wood and Glebelands, Colney Hatch; Rowley Green Common, Arkley; Totteridge Fields, Totteridge; Hampstead Heath; Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill, Mill Hill; Darland's Lake Nature Reserve, Totteridge; Golders Hill Park, Golders Green; King George's Fields, Monken Hadley; The Mill Field, Mill Hill; Monken Hadley Common, Monken Hadley; Stoneyfields Park, Edgware; Dollis Valley Greenwalk;
Museums in Barnet
Barnet Museum ​
Royal Air Force Museum London
Hospitals in Barnet
Barnet Hospital​
Hadley Wood Hospital
Areas Covered by the Barnet Office
Barnet, Brent, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Hertfordshire, Islington and Waltham Forest​
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Barnet: Chipping Barnet, High Barnet, Barnet Gate, Brent Cross, Brunswick Park, The Burroughs, Child's Hill, Cockfosters, Colindale, Colney Hatch, Cricklewood, East Barnet, Edgware, Finchley, Friern Barnet, Golders Green, Grahame Park, Hampstead Garden Suburbs, Hendon, High Barnet, Mill Hill, Muswell Hill, New Barnet, Totteridge, Whetstone, Woodside Park
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Brent: Brent Park, Brondesbury, Church End, Dollis Hill, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Kingsbury, Neasden, Queen's Park, Stonebridge, Willesden, Wembley, Wembley Park, Willesden Green, Kilburn, Kenton, Alperton, Park Royal, Preston
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Camden: Belsize Park, Bloomsbury, Camden Town, Chalk Farm, Fortune Green, Frognal, Gospel Oak, Hampstead Town, Haverstock, Highgate, Holborn, Covent Garden, Highgate, Kentish Town, Kilburn, King's Cross, Primrose Hill, Regent's Park, St Pancras, Somers Town, West Hampstead, South Hampstead, Tufnell Park.
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Enfield: Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bush Hill Park, Crews Hill, Edmonton, Forty Hill, Grange Park, Hadley Wood, Palmers Green, Ponders End, Southgate
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Hackney: Clapton, Dalston, De Beauvoir Town, Hackney Wick, Haggerston, Homerton, Hoxton, London Fields, Manor House, Shoreditch, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington
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Haringey: Bounds Green, Bowes Park, Crouch End, Finsbury Park, Fortis Green, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Seven Sisters, Tottenham, Stroud Green, Wood Green
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​​​Harrow: Covers Canons Park, East Kenton, Greenhill, Harrow Weald, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Hatch End, Headstone, Pinner, Queensbury, Pinner, Rayners Lane, Roxeth, South Harrow, South Kenton, Stanmore, Wealdstone, West Harrow.
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Islington: Archway, Barnsbury, Canonbury, Highbury, Holloway, Pentonville
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Hertfordshire: Abbots Langley, Baldock, Berkhamsted, Bishop's Stortford, Borehamwood, Bovingdon, Broxbourne, Buntingford, Bushey, Cheshunt, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Eastbury, Harpenden, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hitchin, Hoddesdon, How Wood, Letchworth Garden City, London Colney, Moor Park, Northwood, Oaklands, Potters Bar, Radlett, Redbourn, Rickmansworth, Royston, Sawbridgeworth, South Oxhey, St Albans, Stevenage, Tring, Waltham Cross, Ware, Watford, Welwyn Garden City
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Waltham Forest: Bakers Arms, Cann Hall, Chapel End, Chingford, Friday Hill, Hale End, Highams Park, Leyton, Leytonstone, Walthamstow, Whipps Cross, Woodford Green​​​