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should I be requesting a party wall agreement?
Yes. My understanding is, and I'm not a lawyer, is that a party wall agreement should be in place before any works starts and they are in breach of the law if they haven't done that.
Edit: I'd take photos of your walls in bedrooms as a bare minimum now, so if there is damage you have evidence of what the wall looked like.
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Absolutely there should be a party wall agreement in place and you can/ should stop the works until it is in place. Would be worth checking if there is planning consent in place, if you have just bought the place I am surprised this did not appear in an searches. A PWA does not give you the power to stop the works, if anything the opposite but it does clearly set out how any problems which arise are dealt with. If they do not have one you neighbour has laid themselves wide open to being sued by you.
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Call the council ask if a pwa was agreed with the previous owners (really they should have disclosed it) if not make sure the council intervenes on your behalf due to lack of adhering to the law.
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Question is: should I be requesting a party wall agreement?
Depends if they're doing any works to the party wall. Obviously, they're doing some work to the party wall if they're rebuilding the shared parapet, but if it's just minor repair works then a full-blown PWA would seem excessive. However, if Ugly Box is built up from the party wall then yes, you definitely should.
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Having just bought a small semi, with vague plans to knock a wall out and stick a box on the back, I've been hoovering up the advice in this thread - thanks all!
The other semi have just started works on a (pretty ugly but hey) box to extend the space in the roof. I'm not against the works really - live and let live with our future plans hopefully.
Question is: should I be requesting a party wall agreement? It's a bit late I guess: they're already up there and rebuilding the (shared) parapet but only started last week on ~10w project...
Any experience on post-start PWAs?