What being listed means
A listed surveyor consents to being nominated by building owners using the wizard. Nomination is not appointment — appointment is a separate statutory step under Section 10 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, made in writing between the parties and the surveyor off-platform.
Directory only — non-agency
Party Wall Notices UK operates a directory only. We do not introduce, refer, broker or recommend any individual surveyor for any particular instruction. We do not vouch for the quality, suitability or competence of any listed surveyor's work, and we are not a party to any engagement that follows. Any engagement, retainer, fee agreement or appointment is a direct matter between the building owner (or adjoining owner) and the surveyor concerned. Nothing on this site creates an agency, partnership or joint-venture relationship between Konstruction (UK) Ltd and any listed surveyor.
Qualifying bodies
To be listed, a surveyor must be a current member of at least one of the following professional bodies or learned societies:
- The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS);
- The Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors (FPWS); or
- The Pyramus & Thisbe Society (P&T).
Membership of more than one body is welcome and will be displayed. Membership status may be checked at any time and a listing may be suspended if membership lapses.
Professional indemnity insurance
Each listed surveyor must confirm, and keep in force at all times while listed, professional indemnity (PI) insurance appropriate to party wall work and to the value of instructions they accept through the directory. The minimum cover required by the surveyor's qualifying body or by their accepted instructions, whichever is higher, applies. We may ask for evidence at any time and will suspend a listing where evidence is not provided within a reasonable period.
Maximum fees by tier and postcode area
As a condition of participation in the platform's surveyor panel, each participating surveyor agrees to abide by the published maximum fees for the tier allocated to the postcode area of the building owner's property where the works are proposed. This obligation applies to standard residential appointments arising through the platform as the building owner's surveyor, including appointments as an Agreed Surveyor. The surveyor's office postcode does not determine the applicable tier.
The applicable postcode-area fee schedule forms part of these terms. Surveyors must check the published schedule before accepting an appointment and identify the applicable postcode area, tier, scope and fees in their written terms of engagement. The schedule in force when the appointment is accepted applies; a later change to the published schedule does not increase fees for an existing appointment. Postcode-area schedules are available through our surveyor finder.
The maximums cover the written and photographic Schedule of Condition, principal Award, second Award where required, Agreed Surveyor supplement and hourly rate for additional work. They are ceilings, not compulsory charges: a surveyor may charge less. The fees shown are maximum total amounts payable. Where VAT applies, it is already included; it is not added on top. A Schedule of Condition is charged separately from the Award and must include both a written narrative and a full photographic record; a photographic-only record does not meet the platform's panel standards.
A surveyor must not exceed the applicable maximum for standard work or add administration charges, supplements or other fees to circumvent it. Additional charges may apply only within the exceptions stated in the published schedule:
- Commercial buildings or mixed-use properties
- Piling works or specialist foundation systems
- Basement excavations or underpinning works
- Cases where the adjoining owner's property presents unusual structural complexity
- Cases requiring additional site visits beyond the standard scope
Where an exception applies, the surveyor must explain the reason, scope and proposed fees in writing and obtain the client's written agreement before formally accepting the appointment. The client is under no obligation to proceed. If an exceptional circumstance only becomes apparent after appointment, the surveyor must explain and agree any additional scope and fees in writing before undertaking that additional work, subject to their statutory duties. An exception must not be used to increase the price of unchanged standard work.
These limits govern the participating surveyor's own charges. They do not cap the reasonable fees of an adjoining owner's independently appointed surveyor or override any statutory determination under section 10 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. Surveyors remain independent and must discharge their statutory duties impartially.
We may request evidence of compliance with the applicable fee schedule and may suspend or remove a surveyor's listing for non-compliance. Publishing revised terms does not itself record an existing surveyor's acceptance: participating surveyors must confirm their agreement to these fee obligations in writing.
Two-tier notifications
Tier 1 notifications share only the notice type, the postcode area and the service date. Tier 2 notifications, sharing the BO's contact details, are sent only when the BO opts in.
Surveyor obligations
- Maintain current membership in good standing with at least one of the bodies or societies listed above.
- Maintain appropriate PI insurance (see above).
- Keep contact information up to date.
- Respond to nominations within a reasonable time.
- Comply with the platform's maximum fees for the applicable tier and postcode area, including the written-agreement requirements for any permitted additional charges set out above.
- Act impartially under section 10(10) of the Act once formally appointed.
A 30-day off-switch is available via the opt-out link in any notification email; you may also email us to suspend or remove your listing at any time.
To apply to be listed, please use our contact form.