Property Valuation

Hi
Have been instructed by Court to agree verbal valuation/written valuation on ex husbands property which he has bought with new partner when we were still legally married. I have requested written valuation - date set by Court has come and gone with FDR appointment in next couple of weeks - where do I stand? Also will I have to assume that unanswered questions from form E will remain unanswered?

Hi

So you have requested ex''s valuation of property so that you can see whether or not you agree it, but it has not been forthcoming?

If you do not think there is any point in arranging a valuation on the property yourself, as i would say it may be difficult to get agreement of entry for the valuation to take place, I would go on either Rightmove or Zoopla and get your own valuation, you will also be able to see what price was paid for the property and on what date. Then you can take this valuation to court with you and presumably your ex will bring a valuation commission by him and it may be that that valuation may be low and the Zoopla/Rightmove one in comparison may be higher, but the two together may give you some middle ground that the court may agree.

With regards to what happens if your ex does not provide an up to date Form E before the hearing, I am not sure, but I may be looking at that myself in the next month or so, but depending upon whether you are both represented, if you are, your solicitor might go for a costs order against him for a wasted hearing or if you are not represented, the Judge hopefully will give him a good old fashioned rollocking for ignoring court Directions.

Make sure however that you have updated your form e, notified him or his solicitor that you are ready to exchange form e''s and await confirmation tha he/they are ready to do the same, either way make sure you have filed it with the court, so that the judge is not given an opportunity to have a word about missing deadlines with you too.

Good luck