What are your neighbour’s legal rights during a boundary line extension Cardiff?
Your neighbour has more rights than many people realise when you’re working near a shared or boundary wall.
Under the Party Wall Act, they must be officially notified if your work affects the boundary or involves digging or building close to their structure.
Once notified, they have the right to:
1. Ask questions or request more detail about your plans
2. Appoint their own party wall surveyor (at your expense)
3. Disagree with the works , which doesn’t stop your project—but it does trigger a dispute resolution process through appointed surveyors
4. Request protection , like extra safeguards or monitoring, if they’re worried about damage
Theses are the steps to keep peace between you and your neighbor, its not about saying “no” to your building work, its about all building works are done fair and properly.