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Party wall surveyors in St John’s Wood.

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St John’s Wood party wall notices for villas, from semis to detached houses. Served by the team that digs and builds.

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A St John’s Wood villa has fewer walls, wider digs.

Semis
One shared wall, on many villas
3 or 6 m
The reach of an excavation notice
NW8
Westminster, not Camden

NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle party wall notices and awards in St John’s Wood NW8. 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.

Many St John’s Wood villas are semi-detached. They share a single wall, not two.

Others stand detached in their gardens. A detached villa may share no wall at all.

Yet a basement still reaches the neighbours. Digging within three or six metres of their foundations needs one month’s notice.

Westminster’s Policy 50 allows one storey below the lowest original floor. That sets how deep we go.

We measure the distance to each neighbour early. Then we know who gets notice, and which kind.

What the council allows in St John’s Wood.

Council
City of Westminster, for planning. Hampstead, to the north, is Camden.
Excavation
One month’s notice for a dig within three or six metres, by depth.
Semis
Underpinning the one shared wall takes two months’ notice.
Basements
Policy 50. One storey below the lowest original floor, under half the garden.
Replies
A neighbour has 14 days to answer. Silence is treated as a dispute.

Source: The Party Wall etc. Act 1996, and the GOV.UK explanatory booklet. Read on 25 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.

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What a party wall surveyor costs in St John’s Wood.

A villa basement is priced once we know how many neighbours fall within reach.

The building owner usually covers the neighbours’ surveyor fees as well.

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Does a detached St John’s Wood villa need party wall notices?

For a basement, often yes. The excavation rule reaches beyond shared walls.

A dig within three or six metres of a neighbour needs notice.

Which wall does a semi-detached St John’s Wood basement affect?

The one you share. Underpinning it is party structure work.

That needs two months’ notice. The garden side may need excavation notice too.

Is St John’s Wood party wall work handled by Camden?

No council handles party walls. The Act sits outside planning.

For planning, St John’s Wood is the City of Westminster.

How early should St John’s Wood neighbours hear about a basement?

Westminster encourages talking to neighbours before applying.

Formal notices follow once the design is settled. Each lasts a year.

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