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Party wall agreement with Council
Hi! Does anyone have experience in getting a party wall agreement with a council owned property? We spent about an hour on the phone yesterday with Haringey Council trying to find out to whom we should send the agreement and no one seemed to know. We just kept getting passed on to various departments. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Anna, I expect you were talking to council staff. If I were you I'd see your local Councillor who should then lodge a Member's Enquiry.
This should elicit a response to the Member as to the right person or area to whom to direct your enquiry. Phone calls alone cannot represent an audit trail. Putting a Councillor in the loop may help.
Recently on an unrelated matter, a friend spent 40 minutes on the phone to Haringey Council, being passed around various council employees. Eventually the call ended with a promise to call back that afternoon. No return call was made.
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Permalink Reply by RD on
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We did, but we're talking eight years ago now! Like you, we kept getting bounced around so we ended up using a surveyor called Colin Rickard to sort it out – someone else on HoL recommended him because he knew who to deal with at the council. It was all very straightforward after that.
https://sites.google.com/view/north-london-surveyor/home
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I did it a few years ago and back then I dealt with a person who was part of Homes for Haringey.
Obviously now Homes for Haringey is no longer a thing and the person I dealt with is no longer at Haringey so I'm not sure how much use that will be.
One possible route if you are still looking for a surveyor is to discuss with Colin Rickard https://www.ricsfirms.com/office/005105/Colin-Rickard
He's a surveyor I've used a few times before and I'm aware he does work with the council on party wall awards so may have an idea of who to deal with.
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Permalink Reply by Jean-Marc Bany on
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Hello,
I sympathise with your predicament, as I am also having to deal with a Party Wall which is Haringey Council shared/owned.
I too had the same issue, as each department within the Council that I was being bounced to, did not know exactly whom to contact, or how to progress my query.
It eventually transpired that for my particular problem it was Home for Haringey, as the Party Wall that separates my property, from land owned by the Council with garages which are also owned by the Council, were being leased out by the Council.
However I have been locked in a long process since 2016 in getting the Party Wall repaired, as currently the Council are strangely trying to get the lease owners of the garages to repair the Party Wall.
I am now using Haringey Council's complaints process, but I have had no luck, and nothing is getting done.
Goodluck with your Party Wall.
On a final note, by serendipity I also used Colin Rickard to get help in finding out who owed the Party Wall.
Kindest regards,
Jean-Marc Bany.
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if you get professional advice, and there have been a couple of suggestions, you should be set on the right path.
you might find a local Party Wall specialist from
Pyramus & Thisbe Society - the premier learned society with origins in the 60's I believe. It was 'pivotal' in the framing of the present Act.
or
Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors
I found the old Homes for Haringey 'Work Instruction Party Wall ' which has some information.
HfH is still 'active' and one of the officers is the Assistant Director Of Housing.
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Party Wall Procedure RRWI01.doc, 1000 KB
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