Before the builders start
Building near a shared wall? Serve the right notices — before the law delays your build.
Extensions, loft conversions and basements next to a neighbour usually require statutory notice under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. Get it wrong — wrong notice type, missing particulars, a neighbour missed — and the clock restarts while your builder waits. We prepare every notice your project needs, correctly, within 24 hours.
delivered within 24 hours
To the adjoining owner(s)
Description of the intended works
Intended start date · not less than two months from service
The statutory clock
Notice first. Then the waiting period. Then the works.
The Act sets minimum notice periods before work may begin. Serve late — or serve an invalid notice — and the period starts again from zero.
| Your works | Notice required | Minimum period |
|---|---|---|
| Cutting into, raising or rebuilding a shared wall or structure | Party Structure Notice (s.3) | 2 months |
| New wall at or astride the boundary line | Line of Junction Notice (s.1) | 1 month |
| Excavating within 3m (or 6m) of a neighbouring building | Adjacent Excavation Notice (s.6) | 1 month |
Schedule — what your £69 pack contains
Everything required to serve correctly. Nothing you don’t need.
- The correct notice type(s) for your projectparty structure, line of junction and/or excavation — we determine which apply
- A completed notice for every adjoining ownereach neighbour served separately, as the Act requires
- Serving instructionsthe lawful ways to serve, and which we recommend
- Proof-of-service recordso you can show when and how each notice was served
- Response forms for your neighboursconsent and dissent forms they can simply sign
- Your project deadline calendarresponse deadlines and your earliest lawful start date
- Plain-English “what happens next” guideconsent, dissent or silence — what each means and what to do
Procedure
Three steps. Ten minutes of your time.
Tell us about the project
A 10-minute form: your details, the works, the planned start date, and your neighbours’ addresses. That is all we need.
We prepare your pack
A person — not a template generator — checks your answers, selects the correct notices and prepares them. Delivered by email within 24 hours.
Serve with confidence
Print, sign and serve following the instructions. Your deadline calendar tells you exactly when you may lawfully begin.
You can do this yourself, free of charge.
The government publishes an explanatory booklet with example letters, and there is no fee to serve your own notices. If you have one neighbour, a simple project and time to read the booklet — do that. Here is why people use us instead:
- The notice type is where DIY goes wrong. One project often needs two or three different notices with different contents and different waiting periods. An invalid notice restarts the clock.
- Every neighbour, every owner. Freeholders and long leaseholders may each need serving. A missed owner can surface weeks into your build.
- It stands up later. Serving instructions and a proof-of-service record matter if relations with a neighbour turn sour mid-project.
Guarantee & independence
If your pack doesn’t comply with the Act, you pay nothing.
Full refund if the notices we prepare do not meet the requirements of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. And unlike “free notice” offers from surveying firms, we have no award work to win: if your neighbour dissents, you choose your own surveyor — we have no stake in that outcome.
Questions owners ask
Do I actually need a party wall notice?
If you are cutting into a shared wall (beams, chimney breast removal, damp-proof course), building a wall at the boundary, or excavating within 3 metres of a neighbouring building deeper than its foundations (6 metres for deep work) — yes, the Act applies. Our form asks about your works; if the Act does not apply to your project, we tell you and refund you.
What happens after I serve the notices?
Your neighbour has 14 days to respond. Written consent means you may start on your planned date. Dissent — or silence on a party structure or excavation notice — means a surveyor process under section 10. Your pack explains each path in plain English.
What if my neighbour says no?
Dissent does not block your project — it moves it into the Act’s dispute procedure, where surveyors agree an award that lets the work proceed with protections for both sides. We are independent of that process and are not paid by any surveyor.
How fast will I receive my pack?
Within 24 hours of your order, by email, as print-ready PDFs. If we cannot fulfil your order for any reason, we refund you immediately and tell you why.
Does this cover Scotland or Northern Ireland?
No. The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 applies to England and Wales only.
Are you surveyors or solicitors?
No — and we say so plainly. NoticeKit is a document preparation service. We prepare statutory notices from the information you give us. We do not provide surveying or legal advice, and for a dispute you should appoint a party wall surveyor.
£69 fixed · all neighbours · 24-hour delivery
The builders are booked. Serve the notices this week.
Ten minutes now saves a two-month restart later.
Start my notices — £69