Party Wall Fee Calculator
Like all fees, Party Wall Surveying fees are commonly a high concern in the run up to the planned construction works starting on site.
With a building owner being responsible for the reasonable fees of Party Wall Surveyors, they will often want to ensure they not only fully understand these, however have budgeted for them.
The fees are likely to vary based on the type of works that are taking place, the number of adjoining owners who are affected by the works and the experience and qualification of the Party Wall Surveyor providing the quote.
Quick Tips
A little know fact of the Party Wall etc Act 1996 is that it only defines a Party Wall Surveyor as:
“surveyor” means any person not being a party to the matter appointed or selected under section 10 to determine disputes in accordance with the procedures set out in this Act.
This means that anyone can refer to themselves as a Party Wall Surveyor. In practice this means there is a great variance in the market of Party Wall Surveyors who are experienced and qualified and those who aren’t.
For this reason ensuring you select the right Party Wall Surveyor for your job is key and should be done with great care and diligence.
We’d always advise getting a range of quotes from Party Wall Surveyors well in advance of the works.
Our Party Wall Fee Calculator will help you gain a better understanding of the types of costs you could be liable for.
Here are a few points to consider:
Fees are likely to be less for those Party Wall Surveyors who don’t hold any formal qualification. However, it goes without saying caution should be practiced when selecting Surveyor for your planned works.
If your neighbour were to select an Agreed Surveyor appointment, you would only be liable for your own Surveyor’s costs.
The vast majority of Party Wall Surveyors will be VAT registered, meaning that VAT would also be charged to their fees at the prevailing rate, currently 20%.
Your Party Wall Surveyor is likely to offer cost savings should there be more than one adjoining owner who is due a Party Wall Notice.
The adjoining owners’ Surveyors’ fees are likely to be less if one Surveyor acts on behalf of a number of adjoining owners. Our calculator assumes that a different Party Wall Surveyor will be appointed for each different adjoining owner who is sent a party wall notice.
Where there are multiple adjoining owners whom are due a Party Wall Notice, it’s always best to open discussions with the adjoining owners sooner than later. This will bode well at Notice response stage and can go some way to avoid a scenario where the adjoining owners are made aware of the work upon receipt of the Notice.
Where there are multiple adjoining owners whom are due a Party Wall Notice, it’s always best serve the Notices in a stepped manner. This works by serving on one adjoining owner first, awaiting response and then serving on the next. The benefit of a stepped Notice approach is that if an owner does dissent to the Notice and appoint a Surveyor, you can then reference this Surveyor in the latter Notices that you serve. This goes some way to reduce multiple different Surveyors being appointed, saving cost.
Party Wall Fee Calculator
