How We Can Help You

Our Services

Stowell Valuations is an independent voice separate from banks and real estate agents.

This means we provide a reliable and impartial assessment of your residential property, ensuring fairness and professionalism.

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We offer full property advice and registered valuation services for a variety of needs, including:

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Estate, Succession Planning & Trust Requirements

In the case of estate or trust valuations, we can do an independent valuation for the executor, trustee or a family member. This process is never the same as there may be property to sell, many assets to deal with, or legal issues to settle. As an independent party, we allow you the space and time to take care of your personal and family needs, while we value the property concerned to help with your needs.

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Sale Purposes

Find out what your home is worth from experienced valuers who care about doing the best job. Often an independent viewpoint is required, not influenced by the motivations of any particular party. We can provide an honest independent assessment that can be relied upon by vendors and buyers alike.

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Financing & Refinancing

Our team can help you with valuation and advisory services specialising in the wider Dunedin area. We won’t take on assessments outside our area of expertise, which ensures you get the benefit of our specific knowledge and experience.

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Pre-Purchase, Pre-Construction & Progress Valuations

It is important to get a valuation done before beginning renovations or a new build. We can assess your plans to accurately ascertain the added value and completed value of the project. This involves looking at floor plans, elevations, specification details (such as kitchen, bathrooms and quality of finish), landscaping details and the build cost.

A valuation before undertaking a project can help with financing requirements but also offer an understanding of the implications of overspending by comparison to the added value of the proposed work. Progress valuations can also be undertaken to keep an eye on the progress of construction and the cost involved. Banks will want to know what is happening with their money, so progress reports help you to keep them happy. A final valuation is also undertaken at the Code Compliance stage once construction has been completed to determine the final value.

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Matrimonial Purposes

We can provide an independent and current assessment of the value of jointly owned property/assets. In these cases, we receive instructions directly from a lawyer and the valuation will be used in order to help lawyers(s) achieve a division of assets.

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Insurance Valuations

Your insurance valuation needs to accurately reflect your property. There has recently been a lot of changes in the way New Zealand homes are being insured. We will look at your property and take note of the buildings (e.g., house, garage, decks, large sheds), fences, paths to check your property isn’t under insured and that the sum insured (agreed figure) is accurate. By talking to us we will ensure your insurance valuation needs accurately reflect your property.

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Estate, Succession Planning & Trust Requirements

In the case of estate or trust valuations, we can do an independent valuation for the executor, trustee or a family member. This process is never the same as there may be property to sell, many assets to deal with, or legal issues to settle. As an independent party, we allow you the space and time to take care of your personal and family needs, while we value the property concerned to help with your needs.

Sale Purposes

Find out what your home is worth from experienced valuers who care about doing the best job. Often an independent viewpoint is required, not influenced by the motivations of any particular party. We can provide an honest independent assessment that can be relied upon by vendors and buyers alike.

Financing & Refinancing

Our team can help you with valuation and advisory services specialising in the wider Dunedin area. We won’t take on assessments outside our area of expertise, which ensures you get the benefit of our specific knowledge and experience.

Pre-Purchase, Pre-Construction & Progress Valuations

It is important to get a valuation done before beginning renovations or a new build. We can assess your plans to accurately ascertain the added value and completed value of the project. This involves looking at floor plans, elevations, specification details (such as kitchen, bathrooms and quality of finish), landscaping details and the build cost.

A valuation before undertaking a project can help with financing requirements but also offer an understanding of the implications of overspending by comparison to the added value of the proposed work. Progress valuations can also be undertaken to keep an eye on the progress of construction and the cost involved. Banks will want to know what is happening with their money, so progress reports help you to keep them happy. A final valuation is also undertaken at the Code Compliance stage once construction has been completed to determine the final value.

Matrimonial Purposes

We can provide an independent and current assessment of the value of jointly owned property/assets. In these cases, we receive instructions directly from a lawyer and the valuation will be used in order to help lawyers(s) achieve a division of assets.

Insurance Valuations

Your insurance valuation needs to accurately reflect your property. There has recently been a lot of changes in the way New Zealand homes are being insured. We will look at your property and take note of the buildings (e.g., house, garage, decks, large sheds), fences, paths to check your property isn’t under insured and that the sum insured (agreed figure) is accurate. By talking to us we will ensure your insurance valuation needs accurately reflect your property.

Our Valuation Process

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Client Details

Discover client details and needs, quote, timeframe and property/access details.

The process begins with your property valuation needs.

We gather details about the property including access details and/or any work to be done (for example, if building or renovating).

Together we will figure out your timeframe and arrange a time to inspect your property.

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Evaluation of Property

Gather information of comparable sales and similar properties in the area.

Before doing the inspection, we will thoroughly look into property details.

Once we have the required property information, we will search the recent comparable sales and ensure we have accurate and up-to-date sales data and property information.

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Client Details

Discover client details and needs, quote, timeframe and property/access details.

During the inspection, we will:

  • Take a gross measurement of the house and any outbuildings.
  • Photographs of the property, the inside and the outside of the dwelling(s).
  • Carry out an external inspection, taking note of the location, views, building materials, features, and condition of the house. In addition, we will conduct a full site inspection, noting the landscaping, fencing, paving, outdoor living areas (e.g. decking) and additional buildings, if any.
  • Carry out a full internal inspection, taking note of the accommodation, layout, details of house interior and internal condition of the house.
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Completion

Analyse and evaluate the information, discuss the assessment and email report to the client.

With your specific property information obtained, we will then drive around the area and look at sales in the area.

We use your property information and the comparable sales data in the area to carry out a valuation assessment.

After we have gone through the applicable information we will create a thorough and detailed valuation report. We will discuss the valuation with you so that we can answer any questions you may still have and then provide the report via email to the client.