On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:32:42 -0000, "tim....."
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My third and final post of the day!

As I may have mentioned elsethread, I've recently moved into my new house,
which is a small Victorian detached cottage in town. There are plans to
build on the adjacent "yard" (actually a back garden currently used as a
car park) and, from what I make out of the plans (which aren't very well
drawn in my opinion), the new house will be physically joined onto the two
houses it sits between, thus at a stroke turning my house from a detached
house into an end-of-terrace. I've been reading on the Party Wall Act but
I can't seem to discover if I'm obliged to agree to this happening, or if
I can simply refuse them permission to do this. If I AM obliged to do
this, can I insist on any provisions (such as underpinning, sound-proofing
etc.) as the house that's being proposed is not for the owner to live in
but to sell or, judging by the area, to let?

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You are obliged to enter into a party wall agreement with him

This should be drawn up in a way that protects all of your interests, though
I can't see that underpinning is one of them

Just wonder what would happen if you had such a wall covered in Solar PV.


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