Expropriation & damage.
Counter-assessment of the expropriating authority's offer and submissions to the expropriation judge.
Fair compensation paid in advance: it still has to be quantified.
Expropriation gives the right to full compensation for direct, material and certain loss: the value of the property, the reinvestment allowance and, depending on the case, operating losses, loss of enjoyment and relocation costs. The offer can be challenged within the time limit allowed.
Our valuers act alongside owners, operators and local authorities: counter-assessment of the offer, submissions to the expropriation judge and, more broadly, the assessment of property damage: loss of sunlight, of view, loss of enjoyment caused by neighbouring works or structures.
Valuers registered with the Courts of AppealExpropriation
Value of the property, reinvestment, depreciation of the remaining land: the full assessment, from the amicable phase to the expropriation judge.
Operating losses
Public works, neighbouring structures, loss of access: losses in turnover and value, documented and dated.
Sunlight, view, enjoyment
Neighbouring constructions, easements: a real loss, but a difficult one to quantify.
What we are really asked.
Failing an amicable agreement, by the expropriation judge, on the basis of the value of the property at the reference date, plus the reinvestment allowance and any justified ancillary compensation. The debate is technical: transaction comparables, actual use of the property, planning situation. An independent valuation report carries weight in both phases.
Yes: the initial offer is based on the expropriating authority's own valuations. The owner can set their own assessment against it, negotiate, then refer the matter to the judge. The differences observed between the first offer and the final compensation more than justify the cost of a valuation.
Those that exceed the normal inconveniences of neighbourhood: loss of sunlight or view following a construction, disturbance from building works or a structure, loss of access. Compensation requires demonstrating the loss of value or of operating income; it is a matter of valuation, not of impression.
An offer to check, a loss to prove?
Describe your property and your situation, in complete confidence. The valuer who replies is the one who will sign the report.
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