CHP Surveyors covers Braintree from our Wickford office, with broader support from London and Hampshire. The team has been established since 2004 and is RICS regulated. Local coverage extends to Witham, Halstead, Coggeshall, Bocking and Cressing within easy reach. Where developments include rooftop extensions or air rights schemes, we also handle airspace development advice on the same instruction.
Once the scope is agreed we draft and serve the statutory notices, manage adjoining owner responses, and prepare a thorough schedule of condition with photographs and full descriptive notes. Where the matter is undisputed we keep paperwork proportionate. Where dispute arises we draft the party wall award and serve it formally. Calls remain with the named surveyor throughout. Building owners and adjoining owners across the Braintree District Council area benefit from continuity and from documentation that stands up to scrutiny if claims arise post-completion.
The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 fixes notice periods at two months for party structure works and one month for excavations within three or six metres of a neighbouring building. The building owner generally pays reasonable fees on both sides. For Braintree projects, particularly those running on tight planning consents from Braintree District Council, getting party wall in motion early pays back across the whole build. To discuss timing for a specific scheme, book a free initial assessment.
