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A lot of somewhat dubious surveyors keep an eye on planning documents that are being filed and then contact the neighbours with dire warnings of the consequences of not getting a separate surveyor for the party wall (that surveyor obviously being them).
I was a bit pissed when my previous neighbours went down that route, particularly as their surveyor cost shitloads more than mine, but in the end I thought it was fair enough.
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She comes across as a really nice sweet lady but obvs has issues with people getting work getting done. Objected to the neighbours on the other sides' lofts, which cost them time and money and objected to our extension and insisted on using her own surveyor. Ours was within PD but classed as a large extension because it touched foundations within 3m or something. Its just a side return and not on her side.
She then claimed our new fence was in the wrong place (after 12 months of being fine with it) and then claimed our builders had cut a segment of her patio away (WUT, WHY?).
We know some people cant understand plans so we even got our architects to do some additional renders so she could really see we were not encroaching on her side or light. She played along with everything being fine until the letter came through the door saying she is getting her own surveyors at our cost. She then tried rot deny it was her. She is prob about a cats whisker away from being genuinely crackers, yet somehow works in law.
So:
Cost to replace the fence, again, £1K (tbf it was in the wrong place, I never noticed)
Cost for party wall stuff on her side £2.2K
Cost of party wall stuff on the other side (Tory fan boy) £400.
Cost of Party wall on pricks side when we get the loft done £2.5K.
Yeah no worries mate, I burn £50's for firewood in winter in The London (we don't really).