Full-Time Students may apply directly to the Faculty with no prior experience or qualification required. 

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.

Two copies of each of the Awards and supporting documentation are required to be submitted to the Administration Office at least two weeks prior to interview. 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:

• 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.

Two copies of each of the Awards and supporting documentation are required to be submitted to the Administration Office at least two weeks prior to interview. 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 party wall surveyors who have a lot of experience dealing in party wall matters. You are required to be a Fellow if you wish to be recognised by the Faculty as a Third Surveyor. The requirement to become a Fellow is to attend a Third Surveyor one day seminar followed by an interview.

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.

Existing Member upgrade to Fellow Application:
Attend 1 day course plus professional interview (for very experienced surveyors).

Completed application form to be supported by:

• Third Surveyor award. If a ‘live’ Third Surveyor award is unavailable another option is to produce a ‘dummy’ award from instructions supplied with seminar paperwork.

Interview costs are shown on our application form, which can be downloaded below.

New Fellow Application:

Attend 1 day course plus professional interview (for very experienced surveyors).
Completed application form to be supported by:

• Two party wall 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.

Two copies of each of all the awards and supporting documentation are to be sent into the Administration office at least two weeks prior to an interview.

The costs for interview and obligatory purchase of the Faculty Handbook are shown on our application form, which can be downloaded below.

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