CHP Surveyors has been established since 2004 with offices in Wickford, London and Hampshire. Our London head office at Boundary Row in SE1 is RICS regulated and provides specialist chartered surveying on dense urban sites with technical depth. City coverage extends across the square mile from Bank and Cheapside through Aldgate, Bishopsgate and the Barbican. Major commercial refurbishments and air rights work often pair with airspace development advice on the same instruction.
After the assessment the surveyor drafts and serves the statutory notices, manages adjoining owner responses, and produces a detailed schedule of condition. For listed property and historic buildings the schedule includes additional detail on materials, decorative features, and any visible defects. Where the matter is agreed paperwork stays proportionate. Where dispute arises the party wall award is drafted properly and served. Calls stay with the named surveyor running the file. Building owners and adjoining owners in the City get continuity from first contact to final document.
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 fees on both sides. For City of London projects, where commercial pressures mean tight programmes, getting party wall steps in motion early protects the build. To discuss a specific scheme, book a free initial assessment.
