Love thy neighbour well, at least keep in with them especially if you're getting the builders in!

Love thy neighbour well, at least keep in with them especially if you're getting the builders in!
8th August 2006

Any building work that you do to your property that affects neighbours should be carefully planned in advance.

And one piece of legislation that you really should know about before you start is the Party Wall Act 1996, writes David Lawrenson .

This sets out the rules on building work on the "line of junction" between adjoining properties.

It covers any repair or reconstruction of shared walls, including fences as well as excavations close to neighbours' foundations.

The Act really was designed with three purposes in mind.

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