Party wall surveyors in Kensington.
Kensington · W8 · Kensington new-build housesCompleted work, photograph
Party wall notices and awards for Kensington terraces and the flats inside them. Run by the team that builds.
Kensington terraces, shared at every level.
- Two months
- Notice for work to a party wall
- One month
- Notice for a dig or a boundary wall
- 14 days
- For a neighbour to consent in writing
NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle party wall notices and awards in Kensington W8, under one contract. Fees are priced per project by our own quantity surveyor, from the actual scope. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.
Kensington’s stucco terraces stand shoulder to shoulder, often around a communal garden.
Many were divided into flats, so neighbours sit above and below as well.
A lower ground floor is common here. Lowering it usually means underpinning.
Underpinning a party wall is party structure work, at two months’ notice.
A new wall built up to the boundary takes a line of junction notice.
We serve each notice, record the neighbouring rooms and agree the award.
What the Act and the borough expect in Kensington.
- Council
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, for planning. The Act runs alongside it.
- Party structures
- Two months’ notice for underpinning, raising or cutting into a party wall.
- Line of junction
- One month’s notice before building a new wall at the boundary.
- Nearby digs
- Digging near a neighbour’s foundations, within three or six metres, needs one month’s notice.
- Basements
- Policy CD11 limits a new basement to one storey, under half the garden.
- Before applying
- The borough advises starting party wall talks before applying for planning.
Source: The Party Wall etc. Act 1996, and Kensington and Chelsea’s Local Plan 2024, Policy CD11. Read on 6 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.
Dug and built beside the neighbours.
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Kensington new-build houses
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What party wall surveying costs in Kensington.
Party wall work is priced per project, once the scope is fixed.
The building owner normally pays the reasonable fees of both surveyors.
It sits outside our per square foot construction bands.
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Further reading, from the journal
Which Kensington works most often need a party wall notice?
Underpinning, new steels in a shared wall and chimney breast removal.
A dig near the neighbours’ foundations, and new walls at the boundary.
Most basements and rear extensions involve at least one of these.
Do I need to notify the flat above my Kensington flat?
Often, yes. Floors between flats can be party structures under the Act.
Work that cuts into them, or the walls carrying them, may need notice.
When should a Kensington basement owner start party wall talks?
Early. The borough advises starting before the planning application goes in.
The notices follow once the design is fixed.
A notice lapses if work has not begun within twelve months.
What if my Kensington neighbour does not reply to a notice?
After 14 days, silence counts as a dispute.
Each side then appoints a surveyor, or both agree on one.
The surveyors settle the award between them.
How are party wall fees in Kensington priced?
Per project, from the scope of work and the number of neighbours.
The building owner normally pays both surveyors’ reasonable fees.
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