# Andrew Edward & Co > Specialist party wall surveyors with surveyors in Bristol, Poole and London, covering the South West of England and London inside the M25. The practice's primary work is acting for adjoining owners, the neighbours on the receiving end of a party wall notice, whose surveying fees are normally paid by the building owner under section 11 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. Building owner instructions are quoted as a written estimate, not a fixed fee. ## Key facts - Founder-led. The principal is a Chartered Surveyor and RICS member in a personal capacity. The practice is not regulated by RICS. Every surveyor is a member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors (FPWS) or RICS, or both. - Post goes to the Bristol address. - Adjoining owners normally pay nothing: section 11 places the reasonable surveying fees of both owners on the building owner. - Adjoining owners have 14 days to respond to a notice; after that a dispute is deemed to have arisen under section 5. - An appointment under section 10(2) cannot be rescinded once made. - Coverage: We cover Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire from Bristol; Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Hampshire and Wiltshire from Poole; London inside the M25 from London. - Fees are given as a written estimate before work begins; no fixed-price online quoting. ## For adjoining owners (primary) - [Adjoining Owner Rights. Your Neighbour Is Building](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/adjoining-owner): Your neighbour is building and you are the adjoining owner. You have the right to appoint your own party wall surveyor, and the building owner normally pays their reasonable fees. Here is exactly where you stand and what to do next. - [I've Been Served a Party Wall Notice, What Do I Do?](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/served-a-party-wall-notice): Served a party wall notice? You have 14 days to respond, and doing nothing counts as a dispute. You can appoint your own party wall surveyor at the building owner's expense. What the notice means, your three options, and the deadlines that matter. - [Should I Consent or Dissent to a Party Wall Notice?](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/consent-or-dissent): Consenting to a party wall notice is quick but gives up your Award, your schedule of condition and your protection if damage occurs. Dissenting costs you nothing and appoints a surveyor. An honest comparison from specialist party wall surveyors. - [Appointing Your Own Party Wall Surveyor as Adjoining Owner](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/appoint-your-own-surveyor): Your neighbour's surveyor does not act for you. As adjoining owner you may appoint your own party wall surveyor, and the building owner normally pays the reasonable fees. Why an 'agreed surveyor' is rarely in your interest. - [Party Wall Schedule of Condition. Why It Protects You](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/schedule-of-condition): A schedule of condition is a dated photographic and written record of your property before your neighbour's works begin. It is the single most important protection an adjoining owner has, and without one a damage claim is very hard to prove. - [Neighbour Digging a Basement? Your Rights Explained](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/neighbour-basement-excavation): Basement excavation next door is the highest-risk work the Party Wall Act covers. Section 6 notices, underpinning, ground movement and what a properly drafted Award should require. Specialist surveyors acting for adjoining owners across the South West and London. - [Neighbour Building an Extension Next Door. Your Rights](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/neighbour-extension-next-door): An extension next door usually engages the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, whether or not it has planning permission. What your neighbour must notify, what you can require, and why planning permission is not party wall consent. - [Neighbour Started Work Without a Party Wall Notice](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/neighbour-started-work-without-notice): If your neighbour has begun notifiable work without serving notice, they are in breach of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. You may be able to seek an injunction, and a retrospective Award can still be agreed. What to do, and how fast to act. - [Damage From a Neighbour's Building Work. What to Do](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/damage-from-neighbours-building-work): Cracking, movement or damage caused by your neighbour's works? Under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 the building owner must make good. How to evidence a claim, what the Award covers, and why acting quickly matters. ## For building owners - [Planning Building Work? Party Wall Notices Explained](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/planning-building-work): Extending, converting a loft or excavating near a boundary? We identify exactly which notices the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 requires, serve them correctly, and manage your neighbours, with a written estimate before we start. - [How Our Party Wall Process Works. Step by Step](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/how-it-works): From first call to signed Award, with a named party wall surveyor on your matter throughout. The full process for both building owners and adjoining owners, including realistic timescales at each stage. - [Party Wall Surveyor Fees & Estimates](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/fees): We give a written estimate before we start, not a fixed price guessed from a web form. Indicative ranges for consent and dissent, what drives the cost, and why adjoining owners normally pay nothing at all. ## Reference - [The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 Explained. Sections 1, 2 & 6](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-act): A plain-English guide to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 from specialist party wall surveyors: line of junction (s.1), works to a party structure (s.2), adjacent excavation (s.6), the notice periods, the Award, and the rights of both owners. - [Party Wall Notices. Types, Periods and Validity](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-notice): What a valid party wall notice must contain, the one-month and two-month notice periods, who it must be served on, and how to tell whether the notice you have received is actually valid. - [The Party Wall Award. What It Is and What It Should Say](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-award): The Award is the binding document that governs your neighbour's works. What a well-drafted Award contains, what it should protect, your right of appeal within 14 days, and the role of the third surveyor. - [Party Wall FAQs. Notices, Deadlines, Fees and Awards](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/faq): Straight answers to the questions adjoining owners and building owners actually ask: who pays, what the 14 days means, whether to consent, what happens if surveyors disagree, and how long an Award takes. ## The practice - [About Andrew Edward & Co. Specialist Party Wall Surveyors](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/about): A founder-led party wall practice with surveyors in Bristol, Poole and London, covering the South West and London inside the M25. Our principal is a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS). Never a call centre, never a fixed-price form. - [For Architects, Builders & Solicitors. Party Wall Referrals](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/professionals): We work alongside architects, contractors, project managers and solicitors across the South West and London. Early party wall advice, realistic programme dates, and a named surveyor your client can actually reach. - [Contact Andrew Edward & Co. Free 10 Minute Consultation](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/contact): Speak to a party wall surveyor, not a sales team. Free 10-minute consultation, usually a reply within one working day. Surveyors in Bristol, Poole and London. - [Party Wall Surveyors in the South West and London](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/areas-we-cover): Specialist party wall surveyors covering Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon and Hampshire from Bristol and Poole, and London inside the M25. Find your area and speak to the surveyor who will actually handle your matter. ## Areas covered - [Party wall surveyor Bristol](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-bristol): City of Bristol, covered from Bristol. Also serving Clifton, Redland, Bishopston, Southville. - [Party wall surveyor Bath](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-bath): Bath & North East Somerset, covered from Bristol. Also serving Widcombe, Lansdown, Bathwick, Oldfield Park. - [Party wall surveyor Poole](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-poole): Dorset, covered from Poole. Also serving Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs, Parkstone, Broadstone. - [Party wall surveyor Bournemouth](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-bournemouth): Dorset, covered from Poole. Also serving Westbourne, Southbourne, Charminster, Winton. - [Party wall surveyor Exeter](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-exeter): Devon, covered from Poole. Also serving St Leonards, Heavitree, Pennsylvania, St Thomas. - [Party wall surveyor Plymouth](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-plymouth): Devon, covered from Poole. Also serving Stoke, Mutley, Peverell, Mannamead. - [Party wall surveyor Cheltenham](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-cheltenham): Gloucestershire, covered from Bristol. Also serving Montpellier, The Suffolks, Pittville, Lansdown. - [Party wall surveyor Gloucester](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-gloucester): Gloucestershire, covered from Bristol. Also serving Kingsholm, Tuffley, Longlevens, Hucclecote. - [Party wall surveyor Swindon](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-swindon): Wiltshire, covered from Bristol. Also serving Old Town, Rodbourne, Stratton, Wroughton. - [Party wall surveyor Taunton](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-taunton): Somerset, covered from Bristol. Also serving Bishops Hull, Staplegrove, Trull, Comeytrowe. - [Party wall surveyor Salisbury](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-salisbury): Wiltshire, covered from Bristol. Also serving Harnham, Fisherton, Bemerton, Laverstock. - [Party wall surveyor Weston-super-Mare](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-weston-super-mare): Somerset, covered from Bristol. Also serving Worle, Uphill, Milton, Kewstoke. - [Party wall surveyor Dorchester](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-dorchester): Dorset, covered from Poole. Also serving Poundbury, Fordington, Charminster, Broadmayne. - [Party wall surveyor Torquay](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-torquay): Devon, covered from Poole. Also serving Babbacombe, Chelston, St Marychurch, Wellswood. - [Party wall surveyor London](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-london): Greater London, covered from London. Also serving Islington, Camden, Hackney, Wandsworth. - [Party wall surveyor Islington](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-islington): North London, covered from London. Also serving Highbury, Canonbury, Barnsbury, Archway. - [Party wall surveyor Camden](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-camden): North London, covered from London. Also serving Hampstead, Belsize Park, Kentish Town, Primrose Hill. - [Party wall surveyor Hackney](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-hackney): East London, covered from London. Also serving Stoke Newington, Clapton, Dalston, Victoria Park. - [Party wall surveyor Haringey](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-haringey): North London, covered from London. Also serving Crouch End, Muswell Hill, Highgate, Hornsey. - [Party wall surveyor Kensington and Chelsea](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-kensington-and-chelsea): Central London, covered from London. Also serving Notting Hill, Holland Park, South Kensington, Chelsea. - [Party wall surveyor Hammersmith and Fulham](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-hammersmith-and-fulham): West London, covered from London. Also serving Fulham, Parsons Green, Brook Green, Shepherds Bush. - [Party wall surveyor Wandsworth](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-wandsworth): South West London, covered from London. Also serving Battersea, Clapham Junction, Putney, Balham. - [Party wall surveyor Lambeth](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-lambeth): South London, covered from London. Also serving Clapham, Brixton, Streatham, Herne Hill. - [Party wall surveyor Southwark](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-southwark): South London, covered from London. Also serving Dulwich, East Dulwich, Peckham, Camberwell. - [Party wall surveyor Lewisham](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-lewisham): South East London, covered from London. Also serving Blackheath, Brockley, Forest Hill, Sydenham. - [Party wall surveyor Richmond](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-richmond): South West London, covered from London. Also serving Richmond Hill, Twickenham, Teddington, Kew. - [Party wall surveyor Ealing](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/party-wall-surveyor-ealing): West London, covered from London. Also serving Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Acton, Hanwell. ## Legal - [Privacy Policy](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/privacy): How Andrew Edward & Co collects, uses and protects personal data in the course of party wall instructions. - [Terms of Business](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/terms): The terms on which Andrew Edward & Co provides party wall surveying services. - [Complaints Procedure](https://www.andrewedward.co.uk/complaints): Our complaints handling procedure, including escalation to an independent third party.