Property Rates Objections
Your rates bill follows the value the municipality records for your property. We test that value against the evidence, then prepare and submit the objection, with an independent property valuer where the case needs one.
Who it is for
- Homeowners who believe the municipality has overvalued their property
- Owners of commercial, retail and industrial property
- Trusts and family property portfolios
- Developers holding land or unsold units
What we do
We check your municipal valuation, build the evidence and lodge the rates objection for you.
- Review the valuation roll entryWe check the category, extent, improvements and value the municipality recorded for your property.
- Gather the property informationWe collect title deed, approved plan and building details, and inspect the property where the case needs it.
- Research comparable evidenceWe look at sales and recorded values of similar properties near yours.
- Calculate the rates impactWe work out what the recorded value costs you each year and what a corrected value would save.
- Prepare the objection motivationWe write the motivation and supporting schedules in the format the municipality asks for.
- Coordinate valuer inputIf the objection needs a valuer's opinion, we brief an independent registered property valuer.
- Submit and follow upWe lodge the objection or valuation review application and answer the municipality's queries.
What you receive
Each assignment ends in documents you can file, submit or act on.
- Valuation roll reviewA short report on the recorded details, with the errors and gaps we found.
- Rates impact calculationYour annual rates at the recorded value and at the value we propose.
- Objection motivationThe written case, set out against the municipality's objection form.
- Supporting schedulesComparable property evidence, measurements and photographs.
- Submission recordProof of lodgement and a log of correspondence with the municipality.