There are two routes to full membership:

Route One:

If you already have experience in dealing with party wall matters and have a sound knowledge of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and construction knowledge then you can apply for a direct interview. Your application will be supported by providing:

Two awards – one where you are the agreed surveyor & one where you are one of two surveyors.

• Corresponding letters of appointment.
• A notice on behalf of the Building Owner.
• A letter to the Appointing Owners advising them of the name of the Third Surveyor that has been selected.
• A copy of the covering letter when serving the award.

Electronic copies of the documentation and £200 interview fee are required to be submitted prior to arranging an interview date. Upon successful completion of your interview, you will be invited into full membership.

The cost of the interview and obligatory purchase of the Faculty handbook are shown on our application form, which you can download below.

Route Two:

If your experience in dealing with party wall matters is very limited but you have a construction industry background then you should attend our Two-day Party Wall Seminar. This takes you from serving ‘Notice’ to undertaking preparing an ‘Award’ as part of a paper exercise on the second day.

Once you have successfully completed our course you are eligible to apply for full membership of the Faculty, subject to attending an interview. Your membership application will be supported by submitting electronic copies of the following:

• Two awards – one where you are the agreed surveyor & one where you are one of two surveyors.
• Corresponding letters of appointment.
• A notice on behalf of the Building Owner.
• A letter to the Appointing Owners advising them of the name of the Third Surveyor that has been selected.
• A copy of the covering letter when serving the award.

Electronic copies of the documentation and £200 interview fee are required to be submitted prior to arranging an interview date. All of this will be prepared from information and plans given as part of the course pack. Upon successful completion of your interview, you will be invited into full membership.

The cost of the interview and obligatory purchase of the Faculty handbook are shown on our application form, which you can download below.

This is for extremely experienced party wall surveyors. Must have been a FPWS Member for one year. Also required to attend our One Day Third Surveyor Seminar.

You are required to be a Fellow if you wish to be recognised by the Faculty as a Third Surveyor.

Electronic copies of the documentation and £225 interview fee are required to be submitted prior to arranging an interview date. If a live award is not available, then please produce an award from instructions supplied with seminar paperwork. You must submit the following:

•  Third Surveyor Award.

Once a Fellow of the Faculty, that person is then put on the Faculty’s Third Surveyor register used by both the appointing officer of the Local Authority and the Secretary of State.

This is for those professionals within the construction and legal disciplines who are not practising the Act but, as a duty of care, would like to keep abreast of party wall matters.   An affiliate would also benefit from direct access to an experienced practising party wall surveyor for advice and guidance on party wall matters, enabling them to provide their clients with accurate, unbiased advice.

Examples of suitable applicants:

– Building Control

– Solicitors

– Other construction

– Corporate affiliations