Party Wall Surveyors - Expensive Mistakes
Can you afford a cheap Party Wall Surveyor? If not, I recommend you appoint a more expensive one. Actually, there is no guarantee that spending more will get you a better service. Nor is it a given that spending less will result in a bad service. But you should be suspicious of a surveyor charging significantly below the going rate as they may well have a high output low quality approach to their work. So what can go wrong. Isn't a Party Wall Award just a formality, just one more hoop to jump through on the way to getting permission to commence building works? In a word 'no'. Let's assume that Dick is your surveyor of choice as he undercut your next lowest bid by £100. You send him an appointment letter and he proceeds to send out notices. Next thing you know the neighbours are complaining about him and are refusing to accept him as the one agreed surveyor and each is demanding to have their own. Add £3K to your costs. Then Dick gets into unnec...