CHP Surveyors has been established since 2004 with offices in Wickford, London and Hampshire. The team is RICS regulated with an established Hampshire presence covering the island via ferry access. Local coverage extends to Newport, Ryde, Cowes, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor and Yarmouth. Conservation projects in the smaller towns often need careful coordination, and many instructions also touch 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 detailed schedule of condition with photographs and written notes. Site visits are scheduled to make efficient use of ferry crossings, with multiple instructions coordinated where possible. 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 throughout. Building owners and adjoining owners across the island get continuity from instruction to final award.
Notice periods under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 are fixed at two months for party structure works and one month for excavations. The building owner generally covers reasonable surveyor fees on both sides under the Act. For Isle of Wight projects, particularly those running on tight planning consents from Isle of Wight Council, an early free initial assessment sets the timing up for a smoother build on both sides.
