Desktop valuations, where an opinion of value is reached without an inspection of the property, are not Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Red Book compliant and, as such, we do not conduct them.
We do, however, conduct desktop valuation updates. These desktop valuation updates are only suitable if we have visited the property on your behalf before, no significant alterations have been made, or the time elapsed since the inspection was conducted is not too great.
Desktop valuation updates are commonly used when the validity of the original valuation has expired (usually after three months of valuation date) and a retype is requested to state that the original value is still correct and the market has not significantly changed.