CHP Surveyors has been established since 2004 with offices in Wickford, London and Hampshire. The team is RICS regulated. From Wickford we reach Harwich within an hour and a quarter via the A12 and A120, covering Dovercourt, Parkeston, Ramsey, Wrabness and Manningtree in the same trip. Conservation work in particular benefits from careful coordination, and many instructions also pair with daylight and sunlight reports at the planning stage.
After the assessment the surveyor drafts and serves the statutory notices, manages adjoining owner responses, and produces a schedule of condition with photographs and full written notes. For listed and conservation property the schedule includes additional detail on existing condition, materials, and any decorative features. Where the matter is agreed, paperwork stays proportionate. Where dispute arises, the party wall award is drafted properly and served. Building owners and adjoining owners in Harwich get continuity from the first call through to the final documents being served.
Notice periods under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 are fixed at two months for party structure works and one month for excavations within the three or six metre proximity thresholds. The building owner generally covers reasonable surveyor fees on both sides under the Act. For Harwich projects in the conservation area, where additional planning conditions stack with party wall obligations, an early free initial assessment protects the schedule on both sides.
