Ipswich Solicitors

Party walls

The wall is often located on a boundary of the two properties. It may be partly placed on land owned by each party or fully on land owned by one party but it still forms a common structure. Both parties to the contract must maintain the wall. It is to be used for benefit of both owners. None of the parties are allowed to extend the walls of his property beyond the party wall or destroy it.

If there is no provision in the contract as to the duration of a party wall, then the lime limitation implies permanency.

The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 minimises problems by ensuring that property owners use surveyors to agree on the time and method in which work is carried out.