Your price depends on one thing: how your neighbour responds
Start for £25 per neighbour. If your neighbours consent, that's almost always all you pay. If not, you'll pay one fixed total — shown below before you spend a penny more.
£25
per neighbour to start
3 outcomes
each one a fixed price
In writing
before anything extra
What will I pay?
Tell us how many neighbours you have and how you think they'll respond. Your total updates instantly — no arithmetic, no small print.
Your total price
£25
If your neighbours consent, that's usually all you pay.
- Notices served (1 × £25)
- £25
Totals include any applicable taxes. Every dissent price already includes that neighbour's £25 notice fee.
Get your fixed-price quoteThree outcomes. One fixed price each.
Everyone starts the same way: £25 per neighbour to serve the notice. What happens next is entirely down to your neighbour.
Your neighbours consent
£25 per neighbour
Your neighbour agrees to the works in writing. No surveyors need to be appointed and, in almost every case, there is nothing more to pay. Job done.
Agreed Surveyor — one surveyor for both sides
£895 total
includes that neighbour's £25 notice fee
Your neighbour dissents but is happy to share a single, impartial surveyor. A legally-binding Party Wall Award is produced to protect both of you.
+£545 per additional dissenting neighbour
Your neighbour appoints their own surveyor
£695 for our work
⚠ You also pay their surveyor's fee — typically £700–£1,200. We scrutinise and negotiate it before it's agreed. This is why the Agreed Surveyor route usually costs less overall.
+£395 per additional neighbour on this route.
How the price is decided
Two simple steps, then it's up to your neighbour.
Step 1
You pay £25 per neighbour
Every notice drafted and served within 72 hours.
Step 2
Your neighbour responds
They have 14 days. Then one of three things happens:
They consent
£25 — done
Usually nothing more to pay.
They dissent
£895 agreed surveyor
or £695+ their surveyor's fee if they appoint their own.
Optional extras
Only if they apply to your project — always shown in your quote.
Schedule of Condition
A photographic record that protects both sides if damage is alleged. Recommended for structural works. Per neighbouring property, produced remotely from your photos or from a site visit.
£495
Retrospective works
Works have already started and need regularising. Added once to whichever total applies.
+£295
Could anything cost more?
Rarely — and never without telling you in writing first, with an estimate.
Hourly rates for rare out-of-scope work
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 same rates apply to any time we spend helping a neighbour consent. When a neighbour is unsure, a little time explaining the notice can win their agreement and save you the far greater cost of a formal dispute. Any such time is recorded as we go, in 15-minute units, and set out for you on a clear itemised statement — so you can always see exactly what was done, why, and how long it took. To be completely fair, it is capped at what a dissent would have cost you, and in practice it is rarely anywhere near that. Full and fair, with nothing hidden.
The full fee schedule
Every activity across the life of a case. Most clients never reach a single row below “If your neighbour consents”.
Serving your notice
Drafting your statutory notices (Sections 1, 3, 6)
Serving notices — per neighbour
If your neighbour consents
In most cases, everything is done — no further fee
Time we spend talking your neighbour through the notice to help them consent (only where it helps — it can save you the far bigger cost of a dispute). Capped at what a dissent would have cost, and rarely anywhere near it.
If your neighbour dissents — Agreed Surveyor (one surveyor, both sides)
First dissenting neighbour (incl. their notice fee)
Each additional dissenting neighbour
If your neighbour appoints their own surveyor
First dissenting neighbour — our fee
Each additional dissenting neighbour — our fee
Your neighbour's own surveyor's fee (we scrutinise & negotiate it)
Optional extras
Schedule of Condition — per neighbouring property (remote or site visit, up to 2 hours)
Retrospective works (works already started)
Rare, exceptional work (never without telling you in writing first)
Third Surveyor referral
County Court appeal (Section 10(17))
Addendum or further Award (e.g. design changes)
Damage claims investigation
Special foundations consent (Section 7(4))
Litigation, mediation or expert witness work
All fees are inclusive of any applicable taxes. 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.
What your fixed fee covers
Getting started
- Initial consultation and case setup
- Drafting your statutory notices (Sections 1, 3 and 6)
- Serving the notices on every neighbour
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
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
Our pricing promise
The price is the price
The figure you see is the figure you pay for the standard scope of your matter.
Most pay just £25 per neighbour
Because most neighbours consent, most clients never pay a penny more.
Nothing extra without writing
Rare out-of-scope work is always confirmed in writing, with an estimate, before it's incurred.
Same numbers everywhere
Website, quote and letter of instruction all show this exact pricing.