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The gov guidance is quite good on party wall matters. If you’re concerned, you can ask for their surveyor to make a condition report of your place. If you want to be double safe, you can appoint your own surveyor. This is all at their cost. If I was concerned about my house sliding into the road I wouldn’t think twice about using the Part Wall Act for what it’s intended. Any damage caused by the works that wasn’t listed in the condition report is at their cost.
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Our neighbours' (we are both mid-terrace) retaining wall (holds up a patio on which their house sits; ours is the same) is damaged/subsiding and they have sent us a party wall notice saying that they want to carry out remedial work.
I don't want to cause them trouble and realistically it's likely the whole thing will be fine, but I'm worried that there's a tiny chance that our house could slide into road. The gov.uk website says they have to pay for any damage caused, but does that extend to collapse of a house? Neighbours have said their insurance is NOT covering the works, as it is the patio that is in trouble and not the house itself - this seems crazy to me.
Obviously I will check with our insurance that we are covered if anything goes wrong + will take photos of our house in its currently intact state. Is there anything else I need to do?