Rupert Geering
MSc, DipHE (Law), MRICS, PSAg, ACIArb
Chartered Surveyor & RICS Registered Valuer
Rupert is a Chartered Surveyor and RICS Registered Valuer with more than 25 years’ experience in the property industry.
His career began in property agency before he went on to co-own and manage a successful estate agency and property consultancy in rural Mid Devon. Following the sale of that business, he joined a leading multi-disciplinary firm with a strong agricultural focus, specialising in valuation and professional services, before establishing Geering Chartered Surveyors.
That combination of agency, valuation and consultancy experience continues to shape the practice today. Rupert’s work covers residential, agricultural and rural, commercial, charity, planning and development, and Expert Witness matters, with particular experience in instructions that cross more than one property sector.
Alongside a Diploma of Higher Education in Law, Rupert holds an MSc in Rural Estate Management from the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. His postgraduate research considered natural capital and conservation arrangements in the context of agricultural land valuation, an area that continues to inform his rural valuation and advisory work.
The approach at Geering Chartered Surveyors is deliberately straightforward: understand the property, understand what the client is trying to achieve, and provide clear, considered advice proportionate to the decision that needs to be made.
Selected experience
The practice undertakes a wide range of valuation and property work across Devon and Cornwall. Recent and current instructions include:
Farms, estates & succession
Valuation and tenancy advice involving agricultural holdings, succession planning, Farm Business Tenancies and mixed rural property.
Charity & ecclesiastical property
RICS Red Book valuation and disposal advice for charities, including churches and other specialist property.
Expert Witness
Expert Witness and Single Joint Expert valuation involving farms, family homes, investment property and mixed-property portfolios.
Tax & retrospective valuation
Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and historic valuations, including 1982 valuations and complex mixed-property estates.
Planning & development
Advice on development land and constrained sites, including access, strategic value and the implications of future development potential.
Commercial & mixed property
Valuation of commercial property and diversified holdings combining residential, agricultural, tourism and commercial uses.
A straightforward first conversation
If you have a property matter and are unsure what advice you need, the first step is usually a short conversation about the property, the issue and what you are trying to achieve.
We can then confirm whether Geering Chartered Surveyors can assist, the appropriate scope of advice and the likely fee before you commit.