Brisbane Family Law Property Valuation Services

At Brisbane Property Valuers Metro we provide family law property valuation services in Brisbane, covering the entire metropolitan area. We act for a number of solicitors and law firms who regularly use our services and private clients.

Private clients often ask how to best resolve de-facto and marriage breakdown issues involving property division. Provided the settlement process hasn’t escalated to legal representation and the parties are on speaking terms, we recommend that each party independently instruct a local Certified Practising Valuer (CPV) accredited by the Australian Property Institute (API)—with many also holding AVI and RICS qualifications—to carry out a family law property valuation. This ensures the valuation remains entirely impartial, eliminating any suggestion that either party has influenced the outcome.

Once each party has the property valuation for separation report, we ask that they sit down together with both reports in front of them, and discuss the values. Assuming the registered property valuers do their job properly, we should be within 5% of each other, which makes the mediation process a lot easier. You can decide to adopt the midpoint of the two property valuations (assuming they are different), the lower of the two valuations, or the higher. This is entirely up to each party however, it is not a time to be greedy, as you are both completing an important chapter in your lives and settling any dispute quickly is always a wise move.

Please note, this is general advice only, based on over 300+ years of combined experience of assisting couples going through mediation and family law court settlements and does not constitute legal advice.

Family Law Property Valuation Services Brisbane

To give you an opposing view of how things can turn “pear-shaped”, we have been involved in a family law court dispute that has lasted 15 years, with each party unable to move on with their lives, costing each party hundreds of thousands and possibly millions (after taking into account the upwards momentum of the property market). In this situation, the only winners are the Lawyers, with both parties to the proceedings being the losers. We sincerely hope this doesn’t happen to you.

Should you wish to speak with a local property valuer in Brisbane or request a quote, please do not hesitate to be in touch or contact us today on (07) 3077 9695.