Basements Party Wall Act does not protect adjoining owners

Basement_Rage

My neighbour has constructed a basement and produced 3 floors of damage to my house £28000. The Party Wall Act is useless. I have got agreement through third surveyor that I have damages and then to keep the other surveyors happy he awards me£2000 which does not even cover the scaffolding to reach the external repair.
The surveyors say redecorate part of a ceiling part of a wall ( I have an open plan house) this would look unacceptably awful.
Basements are seriously bad for your heatlh and wealth 8/10 properties have been damaged and it is almost impossible to get help through the Party Wall surveyors.
If you have any ideas how can get further redress pls advise. I do not want to go to court as is very epxensive.

jc808

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jellie

Have you tried your house insurance company? If they won't cover the actual damage, you might have legal cover included too. Or could you find a solicitor to give you 30 mins free advice.

teneighty

Were the 3 surveyors suitably qualified and experienced party wall surveyors? If so they should have formal complaints procedures and failing that a complaint lodged with their professional institution and a claim lodged against their professional indemnity insurance.

More importantly what did your surveyor say the defects would cost to rectify? and why the disrepancy between the Third Surveyor's valuation of £2,000 against yours of £28,000? That is a hell of a lot of re-building compared with a bit of re-decoration, someone has got their figures seriously wrong.

southcoastrgi

you think you have £28k worth of damage & you don't want to go to court because it's too expensive :doh: