Brisbane Based Advisory
We are a Brisbane based property valuation and real estate advisory service providing personalised property assistance and specialised valuation services throughout Queensland, Australia.
Independence
We offer independence second to none. We have no allegiances with nor contractual obligations to resuming authorities, government agencies, banks or financial institutions and we do not engage in agency sales, leasing, or management = no conflict of interest.
Market Valuations
Residential, Retail, Commercial, Industrial, Rural
- purchase due diligence
- trust compliance & restructuring
- stamp duty & capital gains tax
- family law asset settlement
We specialise in detailed forensic market research by digging deeper into both the comparable market transactions and the characteristics of the property itself to ensure we provide the most comprehensive advice possible.
Industry News & Editorials
MORTGAGE FRAUD & TITLES OFFICE CAVEAT
# Pre-Purchase Due Diligence & Buyer Beware # It's a homebuyer's worst nightmare … purchasing the...
LEASE TERMINATION UNLAWFUL
COVID HANGOVER - Landlords who refused to negotiate COVID relief with their tenants for rent relief during the...
QLD RESIDENTIAL RENT INCREASE FREQUENCY NOW 12 MONTHS
Changes to limit rent increase frequency to once every 12 months came into effect for all new and existing tenancies...
SUBSTANTIAL QLD DISCLOSER OVERHAUL PROPOSED
The Property Law Bill 2023 will replace the Property Law Act 1974 (PLA), introducing some of the biggest changes for...
ANOTHER ‘CHARACTER’ HOUSE DEMOLITION ALLOWED
The Qld Planning and Environment Court has yet again overruled Brisbane City Council refusal to allow the demolition...
QLD LAND TAX CHANGES SCRAPPED
The Qld Govt has sensibly responded to massive property industry pressure to abandon its idea of including interstate...
NO LEASE – NO RESUMPTION COMPENSATION
Business Owner-Occupier Alert. An Appeal Court has again confirmed that even if the owner of a property and the...
TOOMBUL TORRENT TERMINATES 140 TENANTS
Check your lease and premises for flood and damage risks. Following the catastrophic flooding of a major...
LIBERAL ESTIMATE – RESUMPTION COMPENSATION
A Qld Court has again confirmed that: Compensation should be ‘resolved in favour of a more liberal estimate.’...
LEASE PREMISES DESCRIPTION – “SUFFICIENT CERTAINTY” ?
An Appeal Court has ruled that Leased premises need not be described with absolute precision to satisfy the test of...
LEASE RENT DETERMINATION INVALID
A Qld Supreme Court has ruled a Valuers Determination invalid for not properly interrupting the requirements of the...
BAYSIDE ‘CHARACTER’ HOUSE DEMOLITION ALLOWED
Market Valuation of historic or character homes potentially subject to heritage type restrictions can be challenging....
RETAIL SHOP LEASES LEGISLATION PREVAILS
An Appeal Court has confirmed that a ‘retail premises lease’ cannot cease to be a retail lease even if the initial...
COURT REJECTS ‘EXPERTS’ REPORT
A Supreme Court has again highlighted the requirements for experts (including Valuers) when providing evidence. This...
LEASE TERMINATION DEMOLITION CLAUSES
A NSW Appeal has overturned an earlier ruling about whether the Landlord had a genuine proposal to terminate a lease...
ANOTHER LEASE INCENTIVE RECOVERY FAILURE
A lease dispute involving Melbourne’s famous Hopetoun Tea Rooms in the iconic Block Arcade is yet another reminder of...
NO RESUMPTION COMPENSATION FOR BUSINESS LESSEE (again)
A Court of Appeal has overturned the $2M loss of profits resumption compensation previously awarded to the Lessee of a...
VALUE OF LEASE INCENTIVES SCUTTLES $81.2M DEAL
An argument over how the value of lease incentives should be treated in the settlement documents ultimately torpedoed...
NO RESUMPTION COMPENSATION FOR DECIMATED LESSEE
A neighbourhood supermarket business at Murrumba Downs was decimated by resumption roadworks and claimed for...
FLOUR MILL DEAL DUSTED
The issues of (1) properly disclosed site contamination and (2) a subsequent value fall 30% below the purchase price,...
BODY CORPORATE UNPAID LEVY TIME LIMIT
Qld Body Corporates breathed a collective sigh of relief when an Appeal overturned a ruling concerning time...
DUE DILIGENCE DEBACLE
A damages award of $1.127m has been set aside on a principle of law concerning duty of care after a purchaser relied...
RETAIL LEASE PERSONAL GUARANTEE DISASTER
The potential catastrophic consequences of Lessees providing personal Directors guarantees has again been highlighted...
INVESTMENT PROPERTY LEASE W.A.L.E.
W.A.L.E. is a relatively new benchmark adopted by the Australian property investment industry. Obviously, it’s not a...
DEFECTIVE TOWN PLANNING CERTIFICATE DAMAGES
The loss in value arising from a central QLD Council issuing an incorrect planning development certificate AND the...
NEW RULES FOR RETAIL SHOP LEASES
The Retail Shop Leases Act 1994 (Qld) legislation was overhauled 25 November 2016, ten years since the last revision,...
AirBnB SUB-LETTING BREACHES LEASE
This case generated widespread interest in the media and property community. The Court’s decision clearly established...
NEW BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROPOSALS
The June 2016 decision by the Federal Government to expand the Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) scheme and the...
A DEAL’S A DEAL – do your homework
The lack of pre-purchase due diligence was no defense in an off-the-plan purchase of a Surfers Paradise $16.85m...
LESSEE FITOUT IN MARKET RENTAL VALUATION
Lessee’s fitout is usually not included or contested in an assessment of premises rental value. This matter included...