A valuer you can put in front of the other side.
RPV accepts single and joint instructions from solicitors and conveyancers across Australia for family law property settlements, deceased estates and probate, compulsory acquisition, duty and related-party transfers, and retrospective valuation dates. Reports are prepared to be tested: the basis of value, the valuation date, the comparable evidence and the assumptions are all stated. You get a named Certified Practising Valuer, a fixed fee in writing before instruction, and delivery 3–5 business days after inspection.
What we are instructed on most.
Property settlement and single expert appointments
Prepared for joint instruction under Part 7.1 of the Federal Circuit and Family Court (Family Law) Rules 2021, including the conference obligation and written questions to the expert. One report, both parties, no duelling valuations.
Family law valuationsDate of death valuations, however far back
Retrospective valuations for probate, distribution between beneficiaries, and the beneficiary's CGT cost base where the law resets it. Dated to the day of death, from evidence that existed then.
Date of death valuationsRelated-party transfers and duty evidence
Each revenue office wants different evidence and runs its own lodgement clock — Queensland, for example, generally requires lodgement within 30 days. We prepare to the office your matter answers to, not to a generic template.
State-by-state requirementsCompulsory acquisition and statutory objections
Valuation and compensation advice where an authority acquires land, and site value evidence for statutory objections. Objection windows are short — 60 days in almost every jurisdiction, and unextendable in the ACT.
All purposes and deadlinesWhat the letter of instruction should cover.
The quality of the instruction does most of the work. A report answering the wrong question is not saved by a good valuer.
Essential
Helpful, where it exists
If you would like a short conversation before the instruction goes out, call 0422 026 728. Getting the date and the interest right at that stage costs nothing and prevents the expensive version of this problem.
Three commitments you can pass on in writing.
A fixed fee, before instruction
Quoted against a stated scope, with the valuation date on it. It does not vary on delivery, so you can disclose it to your client as a certainty rather than an estimate.
A delivery date, not a range
3–5 business days from inspection. If your deadline cannot be met we will say so before you instruct, rather than after the diary has moved.
A named valuer who attended
The person who signs is the person who inspected, with their registrations recorded in the report and verifiable with the issuing body.