Government approved property valuers in Kolkata

Certified valuation reports for houses, flats and commercial property across Kolkata and Howrah. Old family homes are our daily work here: we document what exists, prove what it is worth, and give you paper that stands up in court, at the bank and before the tax officer.

• Working since 1995
• Government approved valuer
• ISO 9001 certified
• Reports in 48 to 72 hours
• Trusted by 800 plus chartered accountants, CPAs and lawyers

How property value works in Kolkata

West Bengal publishes an official market value for every location, which you can check on the state registration portal. Stamp duty is charged on that figure or your deal price, whichever is higher, and in the city it runs from 6 to 7 percent depending on the value band, plus 1 percent registration.

That official figure is a starting point, not the truth about your property. A three storey ancestral house in Bhowanipore shared by two branches of a family, a Salt Lake plot on lease terms, and a new flat in Rajarhat behave like three different worlds. A valuation report captures what makes yours worth what it is worth, with evidence.

What Kolkata property owners come to us for

• Inherited property. Kolkata is a probate city. Wills here generally go through the High Court, and the petition needs a defensible valuation. This is our single biggest Kolkata service.
• Capital gains. Selling a house the family has held since before 2001. The certified 2001 value usually cuts the taxable gain sharply.
• Court matters. Partition suits between branches of a family are the classic Kolkata dispute. Courts want evidence, not sentiment.
• Visa files. Property certificates for children applying abroad, in the format consulates expect.
• Schedule AL. The assets schedule in the tax return once income crosses fifty lakh rupees.
• Bank loans. Bank format reports, including old houses with long title chains that make lenders nervous.

What the government rate is called here, and the unit problem

West Bengal uses market value, maintained by the Directorate of Registration and Stamp Revenue, rather than the circle rate language used in Delhi.

The bigger local issue is the unit. Kolkata property is routinely quoted in katha, also spelt cottah, and a katha in West Bengal is 720 square feet. A bigha here is 14,400 square feet, which is roughly half a bigha in Uttar Pradesh. A converter that ships one national number for bigha will tell a Bengali landowner something close to double the truth, which is why ours asks for the state first.

Older north and central Kolkata properties bring their own problem: thika tenancy, undivided shares among many heirs, and title papers going back generations. Those files need reading before anything is measured.

Kolkata realities we deal with every week

Joint family houses never formally divided, where four households live under one khatian. Thika tenancy land, which has its own law entirely. Shops held on pagri terms in Burrabazar. Buildings over a century old where the structure matters as much as the address. Heirs in Delhi, London and New Jersey trying to settle one Ballygunge house. We have handled each of these many times over.

Areas we cover

All of Kolkata and Howrah. Ballygunge, Alipore, New Alipore, Bhowanipore, Park Street, Camac Street, Tollygunge, Jadavpur, Garia, Behala, Lake Town, Dum Dum, Salt Lake, New Town and Rajarhat. Site visits usually happen within a day of your call.

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