Can I use your report in a dispute?

A privately commissioned valuation is a negotiation and decision-making tool. Its usefulness comes from what it contains, not from any promise about how a third party will treat it. Situations where a documented value ends the argument: - Inheritance (succession) — equitable distribution among heirs - Expropriation compensation — putting a documented figure opposite the offer received - Commercial lease disputes — eviction indemnity calculations (Law 49-16) - Partnership dissolution — real estate asset split - Contractual disputes — VEFA defaults, construction defects, price challenges - Capital gains basis — documenting the acquisition value retained What makes it hold up: 1. An explicit basis of value, stated in the terms of engagement 2. At least two methods, cross-checked 3. Sourced and dated comparables, each adjustment quantified one by one 4. Geolocated photographs taken on site 5. The named signature of a RICS-certified expert engaging their liability Everything in the report can be checked line by line — and it can be re-read, adjustment by adjustment, by anyone on the other side of the table.