We can provide either a short or long form valuation depending upon your requirements prior to the purchase or the sale of a property with an independent assessment of the subject property along with clear market evidence to support our findings.

Our firms origins are mortgage valuation work.  We have been acting on behalf of financial lending institutions and carry out mortgage security valuations for over 30 years.

We are listed be the Family Law Court of Australia as a preferred valuation firm (especially as a single expert witness).  Most valuers in our firm have Court room experience.

Our firm is regularly appointed by the Australian Property Institute to carry out rental determinations when requested by the NSW Court system.  We have extensive experience in this type of specialised valuation field especially with commercial and industrial properties.

Our firm regularly carries out insurance valuations on both strata (owners corporation), building and privately owned buildings and improvements.  We are regularly updated with building costing guides and any variations of costings within the building industry.

We can provide a short form valuation to satisfy the Department of State Revenue’s requirements (taxation department).  This minimises costs to you and can be returned to you (the client) within a 48 hour period subject to access, availability and the property being a standard house or home unit.

Deceased Estates and probate property settlements can often be cause of disputes between beneficiaries.  The process of dealing with an “deceased estate” can be lengthy and encumbersome.  It may be moths or even years later that the beneficiaries may learn the true value of a property.  The probate valuation can be either current or retrospective (ie date of death).  The valuation ensures fair market value at a specific date.

Should you improve your investment property by renovations, additions or perhaps knocking down and rebuilding the entire house, you are increasing its total value, and inturn increasing your Capital Gains on sale.

Your capital gains tax can be minimised by choosing your renovations and improvement times carefully.  Your accountant, solicitor or financial advisor can help you chose these times.  Additionally, we can provide the appropriate capital gains tax valuation for you, whatever the situation either current or retrospective.

In cases where one may need their property to be used as security for the release of an individual on bail, a valuation can be undertaken to confirm same.

Drainage, electrical, transmission, sewerage, right of way and various other types may be valued for either party.

We can provide professional advice regarding part or full compulsory acquisition from relevant government departments including the Department of Planning, State Rail Authority or the Roads and Traffic Authority.  We have expertise if mediation or court hearing attendance is required.

The acquisition of land is based on The Land Acquisition Act 1991, under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act.

This Act provides the legislative basis for determining the amount of compensation to which a person is entitled in matters of land acquisition.

Under Section 55 of the Act there are relevant matters to be considered in determining the amount of compensation.

These relevant matters are:

• Market value
• Special value
• Loss attributable to severance
• Loss attributable to disturbance
• Solatium