Party Wall Surveyor Camden Town | Fixed Fees From £165

Grey & Associates are party wall surveyors in Camden Town, covering NW1, Camden Town, Primrose Hill, Regent's Park, Mornington Crescent and the Kentish Town border. We act for owners building and for neighbours receiving notice. Fixed fees start at £165 + VAT per adjoining property.

Key takeaway

Camden Town is a heritage-and-basement market. Georgian and early Victorian terraces, conservation areas and listed buildings shape the evidence, while basement excavation and rear extensions drive the notices. Converted houses add a second complication: several leaseholders can be separate adjoining owners in the same building.

If a notice has arrived and you own a flat in a converted house or block, the position is usually stronger than people assume: in a dispute the Building Owner pays the reasonable fees of both sides' surveyors.

What Camden Town cases turn on

Primrose Hill, Regent's Park and the heritage terrace

The terraces around Primrose Hill and Regent's Park include Georgian and early Victorian houses, many in conservation areas and some listed. Basements and rear extensions are the common projects, and both can affect the shared wall and the neighbouring house's foundations.

Heritage consent sits alongside the Act. The Schedule of Condition has to record period fabric, cornices, joinery and finishes in detail, because that is what a later damage argument will turn on.

Basements and the section 6 question

A basement under a Camden Town house will usually go below the neighbouring footings, which brings section 6 into the project. Where the shared wall is altered or underpinned, section 2 applies as well, with its two-month notice period.

The schedule should record the neighbour's drainage, damp and existing movement before excavation. On deep schemes, the award may also need to describe temporary works and monitoring.

Converted houses and the notice count

Many NW1 houses have been divided into flats. A loft conversion at the top of a converted house can mean notices to the freeholder and to leaseholders below or beside the work. Each flat whose demise touches the party structure can be a separate interest.

The count decides the number of notices, the number of schedules and the realistic fee. We check the title before serving.

What catches people out in Camden Town

Record the historic fabric. Cornices, joinery and plasterwork are the finishes most likely to be disturbed and most expensive to repair.
Treat the basement as section 6 work. The neighbouring footings are shallow, and the schedule is the evidence that matters if damage is alleged.
Count the flats first. In a converted Camden Town house, one project can need several notices and, in a dispute, several awards.
Coordinate with heritage consent. Listed-building and conservation-area approvals run on a different timetable from the party wall process.

For the underlying law, the Party Wall Act explained sets out the framework. Our party wall notice guide, schedule of condition guide and party wall award guide cover the three documents every case runs through.

Fees for party wall work in Camden Town

Fixed and published: £165 + VAT per adjoining property to serve notice, £620 + VAT per Schedule of Condition, and £350 + VAT per adjoining property for an award acting for the Building Owner. A one-neighbour dispute — notices, one Schedule of Condition and the award — is £1,135 + VAT. All prices exclude VAT at 20%.

Basement and underpinning works are priced differently. Deeper excavation, more engineering input and more extensive schedules put them outside the fixed figures above. We review your plans and the proposed works first, then present a formal written quote before anything is agreed or any notice is served.

The full breakdown, including the statutory position on who pays for both sides' surveyors, is on our London party wall surveyor page. The regional hub for this page is North London.

Camden Town party wall questions

Do I need a party wall notice for a basement in Camden Town?

Almost always. A basement that goes below the neighbouring foundations will normally engage section 6, and work to the shared wall can engage section 2. The Schedule of Condition should record drainage, damp and existing movement before excavation.

The house next door in NW1 is divided into flats. How many notices do I need?

One per adjoining owner, which can be several. Each flat whose demise touches the party structure can be a separate interest, and the freeholder may be another. We check the title before serving.

Does listed building consent remove the need for a party wall notice?

No. They are separate statutory processes. Listed building consent deals with the heritage and planning position; the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 protects the neighbouring owners. One does not replace the other.

What does a party wall surveyor cost in Camden Town?

£165 + VAT per adjoining property to serve notice, £620 + VAT per Schedule of Condition, and £350 + VAT per adjoining property for an award acting for the Building Owner. A one-neighbour dispute is £1,135 + VAT. Basement and underpinning work is quoted separately.

Talk to a Camden Town party wall surveyor

Grey & Associates have worked exclusively on the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 since 2008, including basement, structural and multi-owner schemes across London. The first conversation is free.

Fixed fees per adjoining property, agreed before work starts.
Schedules of Condition that stand up as evidence a year later.
Experience of listed buildings, conservation areas and converted houses.
Representation for owners building, and owners who have received a notice.

Call 020 8150 3762 or email info@greyandassociates.co.uk.

Nearby: Islington, Hackney, Enfield and Wembley. Digging out a basement? That work has its own page: basement and underpinning party wall surveyors.

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Party Wall Surveyor in Camden Town