Matrimonial & separation
Dividing property starts with agreeing what it is worth. One impartial appraisal both sides can rely on usually costs less than two advocating opinions and the argument between them, and courts prefer it.
- Date of value
- As agreed or as counsel directs
- Relied on by
- Both parties and their counsel
- Service area
- Calgary & area, Red Deer to Lethbridge
What to know before ordering
We work for the file, not a side
The report reads the same whichever party ordered it. If your lawyer wants to name both parties as intended users, that is set up at engagement, not after.
Agree it before we start
Separation date, trial date, or today: the effective date changes the number, and it is a legal question. Ten minutes with counsel before ordering prevents a re-do.
One inspection, everything seen
We inspect once, photograph throughout, and verify areas against records and plans, so neither side later argues the appraiser missed something.
Every RAM report is prepared to CUSPAP by a Candidate Member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada and co-signed by a designated CRA member who takes professional responsibility for it, covered by AIC’s mandatory professional liability insurance program. The fee and scope are confirmed in writing before any work begins.
How it runs, start to finish
- Stage 01
Order placed
You send the address, the purpose, and the deadline. We confirm scope and fee before any work starts. No surprise invoices.
- Stage 02
Site inspection
Every room inspected, every improvement photographed. Condition and quality rated against the standard your intended user requires.
- Stage 03
Market research
Closed sales, not asking prices, confirmed through MLS records and available data sources. We track how the market has moved since each one sold: sometimes sharply in weeks, sometimes not at all for months.
- Stage 04
Analysis
Every difference priced: size, age, condition, location, and time. If the market moved between a sale and our effective date, the sale is adjusted by what the data shows, not a rule of thumb.
- Stage 05
Report delivered
A signed report, prepared to CUSPAP, in your inbox, with the reasoning laid out well enough to survive review.