Clear pricing, with no surprises
Start for just £25. Most of our customers pay only the fixed fee shown in their quote, and we tell you in writing before anything else is ever charged.
£25
to get started; most pay no more
Fixed
price for the standard scope, agreed upfront
In writing
we tell you about any extra before it's incurred
The fixed fees
These are the only figures that apply to the overwhelming majority of cases. They are the same prices shown on our homepage and in your instant quote.
Notice served
£25
Pay this to get started. If your neighbour consents, it's all you ever pay.
Agreed Surveyor
£844
One surveyor acts for both sides if a dispute is triggered. Our most popular route.
Building Owner's Surveyor
£595
When your neighbour appoints their own surveyor, we act solely for you.
Each additional neighbour
+£295
A flat supplement for every adjoining owner beyond the first.
Optional add-ons (shown in your quote)
What your fee covers
The standard scope is deliberately generous. From your first call through to a signed Award, the work below is all included, with no hourly billing and no add-ons.
Getting started
- Initial consultation and case setup
- Drafting your statutory notices (Sections 1, 3 and 6)
- Serving the notices on every adjoining owner
Your neighbour's response
- Managing your neighbour's consent
- A 10-day letter if your neighbour doesn't engage
- One appointment letter on your neighbour's behalf
Schedule of Condition
- A simple guide from us showing exactly which photos and video to capture
- A Schedule of Condition prepared from the photos or video you or your neighbour provide
- Remote inspection and assessment of the condition record
The Award
- Drafting a single Party Wall Award
- Recording consents where no Award is needed
- Routine agreement of your neighbour's surveyor's fees
- All correspondence to settle the matter
When can anything cost more?
Rarely. The fixed fee covers the standard scope of almost every matter. There are only a few situations where additional work falls outside it, and we always notify you in writing first.
Physical Schedule of Condition site visit
Most Schedules of Condition are produced from photos or video you or your neighbour provide, included free. We send you a simple guide showing exactly what to capture, so it is straightforward to do. Where a physical visit is genuinely needed, a single flat fee covers the visit, travel and production (up to 2 hours on site).
£295
all-in, up to 2 hours
Hourly rates for out-of-scope work
Genuinely exceptional work (such as a Third Surveyor referral, a court appeal, or repeated correspondence caused by a difficult neighbour) is charged at an hourly rate. These situations are uncommon, and we'll always notify you in writing, with an estimate, before any such work begins.
Travel time, where it applies, is charged at 50% of the relevant hourly rate. Disbursements (car travel at £0.45/mile, public transport and other costs at cost) are passed on without mark-up, and anything over £75 is notified to you in advance.
The full fee breakdown
For complete transparency, here is every activity across the life of a case and whether it falls within your fixed fee. Most clients never reach a single row in the right-hand column.
Pre-notice stage
Initial consultation and case setup
Drafting notices (Sections 1, 3, 6)
Serving notices
Adjoining owner response
Managing adjoining owner consent
10-day letter if neighbour doesn't engage
One appointment letter on the neighbour's behalf
Repeated non-engagement beyond the above
Schedule of Condition
Schedule of Condition from photos / video provided
Schedule of Condition requiring a physical site visit (up to 2 hours total)
Site visit exceeding 2 hours
Award stage
Drafting a single Party Wall Award
Recording consents (where no Award is needed)
Routine agreement of the neighbour's surveyor's fees
Defending a disputed surveyor's fee
Addendum or further Award (e.g. design changes)
Inspections
Inspection for the Schedule of Condition (remote or in person)
Inspection during the works
Post-completion or damage inspection
Final inspection (if requested)
Disputes & litigation (rare)
Third Surveyor referral
County Court appeal (Section 10(17))
Litigation, mediation or expert witness work
Other out-of-scope work (rare)
Special foundations consent (Section 7(4))
Damage claims investigation
Boundary dispute communications to third parties
Re-service of notices (changes to the works or parties)
Advice under other statutes (ANLA, Rights of Light, DPA)
All fees are inclusive of any applicable taxes at the date of your quote. Once a surveyor is formally appointed under Section 10 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, they are required by law to continue acting to conclude the matter; any continued work falls under the rates above. The full terms are set out in our Terms of Business.
Our pricing promise
- The price in your quote is the price you pay for the standard scope of your matter.
- Most customers pay only that fixed fee, and many pay just the notice fee, because most neighbours consent.
- We always tell you in writing about any out-of-scope work, and what it is likely to cost, before it is incurred.
- Where extra work is unavoidable, we set out the approach and an estimate in writing first.