Now that party wall work has been drying up for the past two months and the majority of surveyor staff are either working from home or furloughed, how can we get back to work in an efficient way while lockdown progressively eases? Sunday’s PM

Interview with Rob French: The Future of Basements

Jan 10th, 2020

Rob French, an equity partner at Delva Patman Redler, tells us about the unique issues arising with digging basements next to basements and provides practical advice to surveyors confronted with these problems.You can also watch this interview

RICS party wall guidance 7th edition with Michael Cooper

Oct 21st, 2019

Michael Cooper, head of Neighbourly Matters at Colliers International and Chairman of the Working Group on RICS Party Wall Legislation and Procedure 7th edition Guidance Note walks us through the most important changes of the 7th edition and ho

An interview with Shirley Waldron

Dec 20th, 2018

In this episode, Shirley Waldron of Delva Patman Redler talks about her work with Crossrail and how the Crossrail Act affected the application of the Party Wall Etc. Act 1996.Shirley also gives her views on the effectiveness of the Party Wall

Q&A session with Stuart Birrell

Oct 15th, 2018

In this episode, Stuart Birrell talks about party wall fees, good practices, training for Party Wall surveyors and much more.You can also watch this interview on YouTube.TranscriptionPhilippe: Hi, hi and welcome to another edition of Party W

Q&A session with Andrew Schofield

Sep 1st, 2018

In this episode, Andrew Schofield gives his views, interpretations and opinion on invoking the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 without serving a notice; the scope of Section 7(2) compensation; rights and obligations in using drones for surveys; demyst

Stick with what you know; know what you know; know what you don’t know; and know where to find the answer

Aug 10th, 2017

In this episode, Michael Cooper, Director and Head of Neighbourly Matters at Colliers International tells us what you need to know and where to find your answers. He tells us the frustrations of party walls and what happens after the award…You

How to promote yourself in a saturated party wall market, with Leo Scarborough

Jun 27th, 2017

Leo Scarborough gives us his views on the state of the party wall services market and how to build a party wall practice in a competitive environment.You can also watch this interview on YouTube.TranscriptionPhilippe: Hi and welcome to anoth

How to build a practice with no cold calling, no cold emailing or active marketing

Feb 19th, 2017

Jack Norton tells us how he joined Andrew Schofield to build a new firm that is rapidly growing. His recipe to exponential growth? Simple: never say no to a networking event or CPD session.You can also watch the interview on YouTube.Transcrip

The evolution of party wall surveying with Nicky Major

Dec 9th, 2016

Nicky Major, our first female guest, tells us how she became a Fellow of RICS, how party wall surveying has changed over the past five years and how consistency is key to building a party wall practice.You can also watch this interview on YouT

How to build a sustainable party wall practice in 2 years, with Lee Kyson.

Nov 2nd, 2016

In this episode Lee tells us how he managed to build his successful party wall practice from scratch in only two years. He gives us the one marketing tip that helped him kick start his business and tells us how to go about growing it into a sus

Three steps to becoming a great party wall surveyor, with Alistair Redler

Sep 30th, 2016

In our first episode Alistair tells us how to build a reputation and what skills are needed to be an efficient Building Owner surveyor. He also shares some tips on how to start a party wall practice and why you shouldn’t do it alone too early.

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