Rupert Geering MSc, DipHE (Law), MRICS, PSAg, ACIArb
Rupert is a Chartered Surveyor and RICS Registered Valuer with over 25 years of experience in the property industry. He co-owned a successful estate agency and property consultancy in rural mid-Devon before joining a leading multi-disciplinary agency with a strong agricultural focus, where he specialised in valuations and professional services.
Alongside a Diploma of Higher Education in Law and membership of the Agricultural Law Association, Rupert holds an MSc in Rural Estate Management from the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. His research into nature conservation covenants on agricultural land continues to inform his interest in natural capital valuation and its role in modern practice.
Known for his calm, considered approach, Rupert offers clear, jargon-free guidance rooted in a genuine commitment to his clients’ best interests.
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Recent Case Examples
- RICS Red Book valuation of Ecclesiastical properties for Charities Act purposes, including overseeing marketing and sale.
- Acting as Expert Witness for a matrimonial client in relation to a Dairy Farm in mid Devon.
- Advising on Succession, Transfer and Creation of Farm Business Tenancies to comply with Gifts with Reservation of Benefit rules.
- Advising client on potential development of landlocked building site.
- RICS Red Book valuation of mixed portfolio comprising residential, commercial and agricultural/strategic land for Inheritance Tax purposes, including historic valuations.
- Advising land owner on allotment lands.
- Advising on 1982 Capital Gains Tax Valuations.
- RICS Red Book pre-purchase valuation of a garden nursery.
- Valuation advice as a Single Joint Expert for matrimonial proceedings, in relation to a family home and rental portfolio in Devon.
- Advice to local council on property strategy.
- Valuation advice as a Single Joint Expert for matrimonial proceedings in relation to family home, agricultural land, orchards and commercial buildings.
- Valuation advice in the apportionment of an established agriculturally themed tourist destination comprising just under 100 acres of agricultural grazing land, woodland, commercial units and residential properties.
- Marketing advice for a Community Interest Company of a residential unit surplus to their requirements.
- Help to Buy redemption valuations and Stair-casing valuations of Shared Ownership properties.
- Valuation and negotiations with freeholder on a residential lease extension.
- Submission of agricultural land to Local Planning Authority’s call for sites under the local HELAA.