The valuer who signs
Reports are prepared by Certified Practising Valuers who are members of the Australian Valuers Institute. The quote names the valuer who will sign the report and attaches their CV.
For accountants, solicitors and SMSF advisers
Instructing a valuation
for your client.
Tell us the purpose and the date. We confirm the scope, fee and timing in writing before any work starts.
Independent property valuations across NSW, ACT and Victoria for tax, SMSF, family law, estates and court work.
Scoping an instruction
What helps us
quote it right.
Send what you have. We’ll ask for anything else before we quote.
- The purpose, for example CGT, stamp duty, SMSF reporting, family law or an estate.
- The valuation date and where it comes from, such as a contract, settlement, separation or death date, a court order, or the date you have determined. We value at the date you instruct; we don’t decide which date applies.
- The property address, and the interest to be valued: the whole property or a share.
- The owners or parties, and who the report should be addressed to.
- Who will rely on the report, for example your client, the fund’s auditor or both parties to a settlement.
- Any deadline, such as a lodgement, mediation or court date.
- Who we contact for access, if the property needs an inspection.
- Documents you already hold, such as the contract, title, lease, plans or letter of instruction. Please hold them until we’ve confirmed the scope. Then send them by email or, for desktop and CGT 2027 valuations, upload them with the property questionnaire we send you.
We reply the same business day. If you get in touch after 5pm or on a weekend, we reply the next business day.
Portfolios and estates
More than one
property.
List each address in one enquiry. We quote each property on its own scope and confirm one combined fee in the quote.
For valuations dated 30 June 2027 under the CGT changes, the CGT 2027 application takes up to 20 properties in one form.
Family law
Joint instructions
and court reports.
We accept joint instructions from both parties’ solicitors. When we’re instructed jointly, we send a confirmation letter to both parties, and the letter of instruction governs the scope.
Our role is independent. The report sets out the evidence and reasoning behind the value; we can’t promise a particular figure or how the court or the other party will respond.
Court reports are long-form. Compared with a short-form report, they add a SWOT analysis, a detailed description and comparison of each sale, a cost approach as a cross-check, a reconciliation of the methods, and appendices such as the title search, deposited plan and letter of instruction.
Work after the report, such as answering written questions, a conference or giving evidence, is scoped and quoted separately.
Tax and SMSF
Dated as
you instruct.
For CGT, stamp duty and SMSF work, we prepare the report as at the date you give us. We don’t advise on which date or tax treatment applies.
A retrospective valuation relies on the sales evidence available for that date. Records from the time, such as photos, plans or details of later renovations, help us describe the property as it was.
SMSF valuations set out the evidence and assumptions so the fund’s auditor can review them. Whether a report meets a particular requirement is a matter for the trustee, the accountant and the auditor.
Credentials and samples
See who signs,
and what you receive.
A sample report
A fictional short-form report shows the structure and the level of explanation. It is a specimen only and not for reliance.
Standards
Reports are prepared to the International Valuation Standards and Australian Valuers Institute standards, and each report sets out its assumptions and qualifications.
Fees, invoices and timing
Confirmed
before we start.
Every instruction starts with a written quote and engagement letter setting out the scope, the fee including GST and the expected turnaround.
Standard fees start from $490 for CGT and stamp duty, $600 for SMSF, $690 for pre-sale and pre-purchase, and $1,190 for family law and court reports, all including GST. Estates and compulsory acquisition work are quoted to scope.
Stamp duty and CGT reports take 2 to 3 working days after payment and inspection. Mediation reports take 3 to 5, and long-form family law and litigation reports take 5 to 10.
Tell us who should receive the invoice. For solicitor-instructed matters, payment arrangements other than payment in advance can be agreed in writing.
In compulsory acquisition matters we act for property owners. Fees are scoped after an inspection.
How an instruction runs
Three illustrations.
These describe the process. They are not actual clients or results.
A retrospective CGT date
The question: an accountant needs the market value of an inherited house at a date in 2012.
Scope: a retrospective market valuation at the instructed date, with a current inspection where access allows.
Evidence: sales from around that date and records of the property’s condition at the time.
Deliverable: a report dated at the instructed date that explains the evidence and its limits.
A joint family law instruction
The question: both parties need one independent value for mediation.
Scope: a valuation on joint instructions from both solicitors, confirmed in a letter to both parties.
Evidence: an inspection and recent comparable sales.
Deliverable: one report addressed to both parties under the letter of instruction.
An SMSF commercial property
The question: a fund’s auditor asks for evidence of the market value of a warehouse at 30 June.
Scope: a market valuation at 30 June that takes the lease into account.
Evidence: comparable sales, leasing evidence and the lease itself.
Deliverable: a report the trustee can give the auditor, with the evidence and assumptions set out.
Ready to instruct?
Send the purpose, date and address, and we’ll confirm the scope and fee.
Independent property valuations across NSW, ACT and Victoria.