We have an established Hampshire presence and the practice is RICS regulated, with over 30 years of combined experience on south coast residential schemes. Most airspace schemes need party wall services where the new structure shares walls with adjoining properties.
On rooftop additions to city-centre blocks and the post-war residential developments across Shirley and Bitterne, the existing occupants liaison role becomes the central piece. We make initial contact with each leaseholder below the proposed units, attend meetings to discuss concerns, prepare Schedules of Condition for the flats directly below, and act as the named point of contact through construction. Day-to-day issues, scaffolding, deliveries, parking, access, get handled as they arise, with rights of light assessments covering the impact on surrounding buildings.
Airspace schemes in Southampton typically sit alongside daylight and sunlight, rights of light, and party wall workstreams on the same site. The same surveyor stays on the project from instruction to handover.
Strong liaison and a thorough Schedule of Condition deal with most of this before it starts. Residents get one named contact, the developer gets a structured process for concerns raised during the build, and the Schedule provides documented evidence if a damage claim arises later. Planning sits with Southampton City Council, and a free initial assessment covers feasibility and the supporting workstreams on a given site.
