You have served the Party Wall notice, discussed the proposed work with your neighbour and perhaps already received a Party Wall Award. Then the structural engineer revises the drawings. The steel beam needs a different bearing position. The foundation depth changes....
Planning structural alterations to a leasehold flat in London can involve more people than you might expect. You may own the lease to your flat, but the building could also have a separate freeholder, a management company and several other leaseholders. If the...
Buying an older property can be an opportunity to create a home that would be difficult to find on the open market. But a house with cracking, uneven floors, previous extensions or signs of movement may also contain structural problems that are not obvious during a...
A house extension may look straightforward on the architectural drawings. The new walls align with the existing house, the layout works, and the proposed foundations appear relatively simple. But what happens if the ground beneath the extension cannot safely support...
A structural engineer can design the steel beam that will permanently support a new opening. But before that beam is installed, the wall above still needs support. That gap between the existing structure and the finished structure is where temporary works become...
