Experts in Property Valuation, Swan Hill
Providing independent property advice in rural, commercial, residential, development and specialised sectors
The well established Swan Hill based firm of Boyd-Law Wood has serviced the Swan Hill region for almost 35 years, before joining Preston Rowe Paterson Group in 2017.
The firm is well respected for its customer centric focus and have been key performers for a number of clients in the region.
Director of the firm, Campbell Kennon, is well known in valuation circles, having originally commenced his career at Rural Finance Corporation and then the Commonwealth Bank.
The Swan Hill team provide quality service and expert knowledge in regard to the residential, rural, commercial, industrial and agribusiness sectors throughout north western Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Preston Rowe Paterson Swan Hill office would like to acknowledge the Wamba Wamba, Latji Latji, Tati Tati, Wadi Wadi, Barapa Barapa People of the Kulin Nation, who are the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and provide our services. We pay our respects to all Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ongoing connection to culture, land, air, waterways and seas.
“We know that people make the difference.”
So we only engage the best professionals who are committed to delivering a superior service. Our aim is to always provide superior property advisory services, consulting and valuations, as well as property market and economic research to assist our clients to make better property decisions.
Our professional property consultants are members of the Australian Property Institute and hold Land Valuers Licenses in Queensland.
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Featured Services
We provide valuation, analytics, and consultancy services for all forms of real estate including but not limited to rural, residential, commercial and development.
Other Services
- Mortgage Services
- Expert Witness Services
- Family Law Services
- Taxation Services
- Government and Statutory Services
- Insurance and Depreciation Services
Mortgage Services
- Mortgage valuations of existing & proposed real estate
- Desktop assessments based on local knowledge
- Mortgage valuations of development sites including group dwelling, multiple dwelling and land subdivisions
- Building progress inspections
- Investment, development and occupancy real estate advice
- Strategic mortgage portfolio risk review
- Mortgagee in possession valuations
- Bank and financial institution valuation panel appointments
- Valuation aggregator panel appointments (VALEX and VALOCITY) – B2B Connectivity
Expert Witness Services
- Lease & rental disputes including determinations
- Family law matters
- Partnership disputes
- Taxation and rating disputes
- Compensation and resumption matters (Section 241 of LAA, Planning & Development Act)
- Deceased estates
- Specialist litigation support
Family Law Services
- Portfolio assessment and valuation
- Historical valuations (date of cohabitation)
- PRP Senior valuers are experienced in acting as Single Expert Witness or Shadow expert
- All valuation reports are in compliance with the Family Law Act 1975, Family Law Rules 2004 (Single Expert), Federal Circuit Court Rules 2001(Court Expert), Common law and Practice directions of the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court
Taxation Services
- Capital gains tax valuations
- Land tax reviews
- Valuations for GST margin scheme
- Valuations for superannuation fund compliance
- Stamp duty valuations
- Tax depreciation schedules (compliant with ATO requirements)
- Valuation-based statutory assessments returned in rates and land tax notices
Government and Statutory Services
- Advice for property disposal and acquisitions
- Project feasibility analysis
- Public and open space contributions
- Asset and financial reporting valuations
- Leasing and rental review
- Heritage and specialised asset valuations
- Valuations for rating and taxing purposes
- Property portfolio analysis
- Compulsory acquisition (resumption) and compensation valuations
- Statutory valuation review
Insurance and Depreciation Services
- Insurance replacement cost valuations
- Strata Insurance replacement cost valuations
- Insurance reinstatement cost valuations
- All types of building insurance valuation
- Depreciation schedules for taxation purposes
PRP Swan Hill Director
Director
Campbell has been in the Swan Hill area his whole life, and his journey into valuations began with Ian Boyd-Law, a prominent Valuer in north western Victoria and southern New South Wales in late 2015. Since then, Campbell has been directly involved with Ian’s valuation business, beginning as a cadet Valuer / Valuer’s assistant before graduating to a Certified Practising Valuer in 2019.
Ian Boyd-Law established the valuation firm in 1996 and joined the Preston Rowe Paterson team in 2017. In August 2022, Campbell became the Director of Preston Rowe Paterson Swan Hill, purchasing the business from Ian Boyd-Law.
Campbell is experienced in residential, commercial and industrial valuations, with a key focus on rural valuations that include dryland farming and grazing holdings, irrigated horticultural properties (stone fruit, table grapes, wine grapes, almonds etc.) and large grazing properties most of which are in southern New South Wales.
FAQs
An independent property valuation is a comprehensive legal report provided by a qualified, independent licensed valuer recognised by the court of law. The report determines a property’s market or rental value for lawful purposes like refinancing, mortgage, capital gains tax, and other specialised valuation requirements.
What do property valuers include in a property valuation report?
The content will vary depending on the property type and purpose, however, generally, a full property valuation report prepared by a licensed property valuer will include detailed legal and physical descriptions of the property, such as description of land and improvements, council zoning restrictions, fixtures and features and ancillary improvements. An extensive analysis of variables that contribute to the market value of the property will be carried out as part of the valuation including recent comparable sales, market evidence and overall market conditions.
Bank valuations are done as part of working out an amount of money to loan to ensure the home loan does not exceed a property’s value. This is because the property is used as security for the loan. If the borrower defaults on payments, the lender has the right to take possession and dispose of the property to recover the outstanding mortgage.
The main difference is that a property appraisal conducted by a real estate agent has no legal basis and will not stand in a legal court in Victoria and New South Wales. Property appraisals can be targeted towards a marketing strategy to list the property for sale. On the other hand, property valuations completed by an independent licensed valuer hold no conflict of interest and can be used to resolve legal disputes in court.
Our team of property valuers located in QLD, use our internal systems, skills and experience to meet client requirements. We ensure due diligence is taken at every step of the process throughout a property valuation. From obtaining written agreement from our clients, undertaking a formal inspection of the property (where required), researching and analysing relevant property information and finally generating a detailed report providing rationale as to the value of the property.
PRP has some 38 offices across Australia & New Zealand.