Wandsworth
Party wall surveyor in Wandsworth
Street after street of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, a great many of them having lofts and side returns done. Wandsworth is party wall heartland.
- SW11 · SW12 · SW17
- SW15 · SW18
- Lofts and side returns
Party wall work in Wandsworth
Balham, Tooting, Earlsfield and Battersea are built on long runs of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, and the loft-plus-side-return combination is everywhere. Estates such as Totterdown Fields in Tooting, one of the early cottage estates built by the London County Council, give whole streets of near-identical houses, where the same works come round again and again.
Putney and Southfields add larger houses where basements and big rear extensions bring in section 6 and more detailed awards.
Places we cover in Wandsworth
- BalhamSW12
- TootingSW17
- Tooting BecSW17
- EarlsfieldSW18
- Wandsworth TownSW18
- SouthfieldsSW18 · SW19
- BatterseaSW11
- Clapham JunctionSW11
- PutneySW15
- RoehamptonSW15
- Nine ElmsSW8
Local things that affect party wall work
- Walls with history. On streets where most houses have already been converted, your party wall may already carry a neighbour's beams. We look at what went in before when we write the award.
- Conservation areas. Totterdown Fields and many other parts of the borough are conservation areas, which can shape loft designs.
- The council's role. Wandsworth Council handles planning and building control. Party wall matters are for the owners and their surveyors.
Questions people ask
Both my neighbours have already done their lofts. Do I still need notices?
Yes. Each new piece of work to a party wall needs its own notice, whatever has been done to the wall before.
Do basements in Battersea and Clapham need awards?
Usually. They involve section 6 and often section 2 notices, and most neighbours dissent so that an award can set out the engineering, monitoring and protection.