BAY ISLAND VALUATIONs
Paul Mergler
Registered Valuer No 1892
WHO WE ARE
Bay Island Valuations was established in 1996 by Paul Mergler. The fundamental purpose behind its' establishment was to provide the people of the Moreton Bay Islands with a resident Island Valuer, something that was previously lacking.
28 years later, and this genuine service is still going strong.
If you need professional property advise from a registered valuer, please give us a call.
WHAT WE DO
Bay Island Valuations is active within the following areas of valuation and property consultancy-:
FAIR MARKET VALUATIONS for-:
-Financial Accounting and Capital Gains Tax purposes.
- Family law valuations & Litigation.
- Pre-Sale and Pre-Purchase Valuations.
- Valuations for the calculation of Stamp duty payable on related party transfers.
- Government Rating and Land Tax Valuations and Objections.
- Commercial Rent Determinations.
- Self Managed Super Fund Valuations.
“WE VALUE THE BAY ISLANDS”
About PAUL
Reg No: 1892
Qualifications-: Associate Diploma Business (Real Property Valuation)
University of Qld
Registered Valuer N°1892 (Urban & Rural)
Paul began his career in 1986 as a Cadet Land Inspector with the Department of Lands, Queensland. Between 1986 and April 1993 he was stationed for various times in the Brisbane, Mackay, Roma, Bundaberg, Maryborough and Gold Coast District Officers.
Primary duties included the management of the Crown Estate, incorporating the use, leasing and disposal of crown land and resumption assessments for land required for public purposes.
In 1989-90 the Lands Department and the Valuer Generals Department amalgamated their valuations rolls. Paul was heavily involved in the interdepartmental restructure as well as undertaking new duties including annual and maintenance valuations for local authority rating and land tax purposes. Paul gained registration as an Urban and Rural Valuer on the 27th of August 1991 and was admitted as an Associate of the Australian Property Institute on 1st June 1992.
Paul resigned from the newly named Department of Natural Resources in April 1993 and travelled in Australia and overseas.
Between January 1994 and April 1994 Paul was employed by Greg Jorgensen and Associates doing mortgage valuations for lending institutions.
From April 1994 to October 1996 Paul was employed by the Australian Valuation Office, (AVO) Queensland Division. Primary work involved the inspection and valuation of various properties throughout Queensland for the Social Security and Veteran Affairs asset test. Property types regularly encountered included vacant, residential, englobo, special use, industrial, retail, commercial, rural residential and rural properties. Paul was also involved in a number of rental determination valuations for commercial, retail and industrial properties.
The AVO was contracted to complete a number of large asset valuation projects for government and semi government organisations. Paul was directly involved with valuations for -: Q build (Qld Government Housing), Defence Department, Telstra, Westpac, Qld Forest Service, Primary Industries, Qld Health, and Qld Rail.
Paul's broad valuation experience has allowed him to build a large network of personnel throughout Queensland. He has a good understanding of all levels of government and the ability to draw on an extensive information base.
Paul believes his strength lies in his passion for the Bay Islands, his ability to relate to the people who choose to live there and his determination to meet clients specific requirements through a sound, reconcilable, market approach to property reporting.
Paul is happily married to Anna and they have four kids, Poppy, Flynn, Harry and Monty.
ACKNOWLEDMENT
We acknowledge the Noonuccal Goenpul and Ngugi traditional owners of Quandamooka Country the land in which we work live and play and we pay our respects to elders past present and emerging.