CHP Surveyors has been established since 2004 with offices in Wickford, London and Hampshire. The team is RICS regulated and reaches Rayleigh within 15 minutes of the Wickford office. Local coverage extends to Hockley, Hullbridge, Hawkwell, Ashingdon and Eastwood in the same drive. Rochford District Council planning conditions often run alongside party wall obligations on infill schemes, and many instructions also pair with daylight and sunlight reports at the design stage.
From the assessment the surveyor drafts and serves the statutory notices, manages adjoining owner responses, and prepares the schedule of condition with photographs and detailed written notes covering internal and external areas. Where the matter is agreed paperwork stays proportionate. Where dispute arises the party wall award is drafted properly and served. Calls stay with the same named surveyor from instruction to final award. Building owners and adjoining owners across Rayleigh get continuity throughout the entire process.
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 relevant proximity thresholds. The building owner generally covers reasonable surveyor fees on both sides under the Act. For Rayleigh projects, particularly those running on planning consents from Rochford District Council, early party wall work pays back across the whole build. To discuss timing on a specific scheme, book a free initial assessment.
