For NRIs in the UK: Valuing Your Indian Property
You live in the United Kingdom and own property in India. Most of our British work is inheritance and sale related, often where a parent has died in India and the family in England needs to know where they stand before making any decisions.
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How we work with owners abroad
The mechanics are the same wherever you live. One person in India gives our engineer access. We inspect and photograph, with the date and location recorded on every image, and the signed report reaches you by email in 48 to 72 hours. You do not travel. The full process, the power of attorney position and the questions every overseas owner asks are set out here.
Where the two systems meet
The United Kingdom taxes its residents on worldwide gains, subject to your own residence and domicile position. So a sale of Indian property can be relevant to a British return as well as an Indian one. Relief for tax already paid in India normally comes through the treaty and a foreign tax credit, claimed properly rather than automatically.
Inheritance is where British families most often need us. Establishing what an Indian property was worth at the date of death is frequently needed for estate work in the UK. The Indian side of the same property is governed by something else entirely: the previous owner's cost, or the 1 April 2001 value.
Your accountant or solicitor decides what applies to you. We provide the property figures those decisions rest on, at whichever dates are required.
The two country problem
Your British filing often needs the value at the date of death for estate purposes.
Why one property can need two valuations at two different dates, explained in full.
Questions from NRIs in the UK
- My father died in India and I need the value for the estate here.
We prepare date of death valuations regularly for exactly this. It is a past date reconstruction built from the official rate position of that year and registered transactions from that period. If the family later sells, the Indian tax computation needs a different date again, and we can issue both from one inspection.
- Do I need probate in India as well?
It depends on where the property is. Wills covering property in Mumbai, Chennai or Kolkata generally need probate from the High Court there, and probate applies more widely to the wills of Christians and Parsis. Elsewhere it is often optional. Your lawyer confirms it; we supply the valuation the process needs.
- Can you deal with my solicitor here directly?
Yes, and it usually saves time. We are used to explaining Indian documents and Indian credentials to professionals who have never encountered them.
Checked by Parish Rao, Chartered Engineer and Government Approved Valuer (Registration number CAT-I/443/117/2000-01).
Page last checked on 7 October 2026.
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