CHP Surveyors has been established since 2004 with offices in Wickford, London and Hampshire. The team is RICS regulated and reaches Loughton within 40 minutes via the M11. Local coverage extends to Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Theydon Bois, Debden and Woodford Green in the same drive. Basement digs are particularly common on the larger Loughton plots, often pairing with rights of light assessments where works affect neighbouring window levels.
After the assessment we draft and serve the notices, manage adjoining owner responses, and produce the schedule of condition with photographs and detailed written notes covering internal and external areas. Where matters are agreed, the paperwork stays proportionate. Where dispute arises, the party wall award is drafted properly and served. Calls stay with the same named surveyor handling the file from instruction to award. Building owners and adjoining owners across Loughton get continuity through to final documents, with no handover between team members at any stage.
For Loughton properties, where basement digs and significant rear extensions are common on the larger detached stock, the award stage often involves detailed structural review and monitoring proposals. Notice periods under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 are fixed: two months for party structure works, one month for excavations. The building owner generally covers reasonable fees on both sides. To discuss a Loughton scheme, book a free initial assessment.
