CHP Surveyors has been established since 2004 with offices in Wickford, London and Hampshire. The team is RICS regulated with an established Hampshire presence delivering party wall work across the city. Coverage extends to Twyford, Otterbourne, Kings Worthy, Hursley and New Alresford. Conservation projects in the cathedral close area often need careful coordination, and many instructions also pair with rights of light assessments where extensions affect windows on adjoining listed property.
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 full written notes. For listed and conservation property the schedule includes additional detail on existing condition, 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. Building owners and adjoining owners across Winchester get continuity throughout.
Notice periods under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 are non-negotiable: 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. For Winchester projects in conservation areas, where planning conditions add their own timing constraints, an early free initial assessment reduces risk on both sides.
