Valuations advice

If you consider that you need to seek professional advice in handling your appeal against the new valuation of your property or your claim for rate relief, you are strongly advised to contact a reputable firm of estate agents or chartered surveyors.

Previously in the West Midlands area there has been at least one 'bogus firm' offering advice. The service provided did not match the cost charged.

Advice

Professional advice from qualified rating surveyors is available from members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers (ISVA) or the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (IRRV).

The members of the RICS, ISVA or IRRV are:

• Regulated by rules of professional conduct offering redress to the general public.
• Fully trained and qualified to standards required by their professional body.
• Required to hold professional indemnity insurance.

Rate payers choosing to employ a Rating Adviser who is not a member of one of these bodies should satisfy themselves that the rating adviser has the necessary knowledge and expertise, as well as appropriate indemnity insurance.

Rate payers with any concerns about a rating adviser should consult the RICS, IRRV or ISVA before entering into any formal agreement to engage a rating adviser to act on their behalf.

The RICS Helpline can also provide you with the name of your nearest professionally recognised rating surveyor firm who will provide you with up to half an hour's free advice. The RICS Helpline can be contacted on:

Phone: (020) 7222 7000

Useful contacts

Listed below are organisations who may be able to assist you with Business Rates valuations advice:

Incorporated Society of Valuers & Auctioneers
3 Cadogan Gate
London
SW1X 0AS

 

Phone: (020) 7235 2282
Fax: (020) 7235 4390

 

Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation
41 Doughty Street
London
WC1N 2LF

 

Phone: (020) 7831 3505
Fax: (020) 7831 2048
E-mail: enquiries@irrv.org.uk 
Website: http://www.irrv.org.uk

 

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
12 Great George Street
Parliament Square
London
SW1P 3AD

 

Phone: (020) 7222 7000
Fax: (020) 7334 3811
E-mail: contactrics@rics.org
Website: http://www.rics.org