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Thanks Mr Punter, I completely agree that we need to get the correct agreements and rights/consents in place especially when it comes to the party wall and access. Is it possible for my brother to consent to any party wall arrangements in advance (and if he sold up that this right would still remain for me to tie in my property)?

Thanks Adsibob, I really hadn't thought about any variation in appearance due to the difference in the timing of each semi-detached house those are really good considerations. Sadly I think we are set at moving at different speeds due to us each being at different stages in life.

Myself and my brother are seeking planning permission to self-build a pair of semi-detached houses on a piece of family land. Needless to say it would make sense to build them at the same time BUT my brother wants to build his semi-detached house straight away whereas I want to build my semi-detached house in years to come. With this in mind my brother is considering building his semi-detached house before mine - how best can this be achieved? At the point when one of the semi-detached houses is built will it be difficult to tie in the second semi-detached house at a later date? I had two thoughts: 1. For minimal disruption I wondered whether a flying freehold could be created between the two semi-detached houses in order to minimise the party wall disturbance by trying to tie in the new semi-detached properties brickwork to the flying freehold as oppose to the party wall. 2. Alternatively I wondered whether a new party wall could be built touching what would be the gable end of semi-detached house 1 which would then eliminate the need to tie in the brickwork of the second semi to the first? Does anyone know of pair of semi-detached properties being built one after the other and how was this achieved? Does anyone have any thoughts or recommendations? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.