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Short answer: Yes, I have to pay for their surveyor.
Longer answer: My issue is being down a considerable sum of money when its not needed as, as previously mentioned her party wall is not effected in anyway and we have shared all plans and details at all stages as well as getting extra renders done to share just to help ease any concerns.
You don't legally have to have a party wall agreement because its not effected, but we needed to let her know we were putting foundations in within 3m of it.
I fully understand people want a little bit of reassurance that we are not going to hammer the shit out of our house until hers falls down too but there is option 2 (out of 4) for that, which is about 400 quid and our surveyor takes records of her house and its condition.
So to specifically answer "why shouldn't they":
- There is an option that would cover her concerns.
- Getting your neighbours to pay for things unnecessarily is never going to enhance relations.
For example - I thought our other neighbour was going to be a pain but has been super laid back and actually likes the 3m high wall we just built. This is possibly due to the fact we were also very laid back with his large loft extension, signed the cheapest option for him, and didn't bat an eye lid and all the shit falling into our backyard or the ladders across our windows (at the front of the house). I'm not sitting in his house to let his builders in to finish off to help him out, not a relationship I have with the other neighbour now.
Hope that makes sense?
Mink coat is packed away currently due to building work.
- There is an option that would cover her concerns.
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@Chalfie
I'm just trying to understand here.
They're getting a surveyor in, which you have to pay for.
Right?
I know it's "not normally required" and you have to pay the cost (which, as you keep mentioning is 2k - do you have a mink coat as well?) but why shouldn't they?