CHP Surveyors has been established since 2004 with offices in Wickford, London and Hampshire. The team is RICS regulated with an established Hampshire presence. Coverage extends to Gosport, Fareham, Havant, Waterlooville and Cosham. Larger commercial schemes near the harbour and dockyard often pair with airspace development advice on rooftop or air rights work, particularly across the dense central wards.
After the assessment the surveyor drafts and serves the notices, manages adjoining owner responses, and produces a thorough schedule of condition with photographs and detailed written notes. Tight terraced housing means schedules cover both internal and external party walls in careful detail. 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 Portsmouth get continuity from first contact to final document.
Notice periods under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 are fixed: two months for party structure works, one month for excavations within the three or six metre thresholds. The building owner generally covers reasonable surveyor fees on both sides. For Portsmouth projects, where party walls are a feature of nearly every residential build, getting the process moving early matters. To discuss a specific scheme, book a free initial assessment.
