Our Services
We support you at every stage of your purchase
Wherever you are in the purchase, one of these is built for that moment. Start where you are; each service stands on its own.
Pre Offer
Pre Offer
Pre Offer
Property Check
A focused, pre-offer service to help you decide whether a property genuinely works for you.
A focused, pre-offer service to help you decide whether a property genuinely works for you.
Pre Offer
Post Offer
Architectural Delivery
Already have a property in mind?
Already have a property in mind?
Already have a property in mind?
Book a free call or full Property Workshop to get our take on the listing, explore extension or layout ideas, and understand the property’s key pros, cons and potential.
“True Value helped us weigh up a renovation project, giving us a clear picture of the work, costs, and disruption involved. In the end, we chose a newer home that only needed minor changes, which True Value assessed against our aims before we committed. Their advice gave us the confidence to make that decision.”
Lesley
WHY TRUE VALUE
WHY TRUE VALUE
One of these finds the house.
One of these draws it.
Neither costs the work in between.
One of these finds the house.
One of these draws it.
Neither costs the work in between.
One of these finds the house. One of these draws it. Neither costs the work in between.
A buying agent owns sourcing and negotiation. An architect is one discipline, engaged once the house is yours, and the cost advice arrives long after. True Value brings the architect, the planning consultant and the quantity surveyor to the decision itself, while the price is still moving.
A buying agent owns sourcing and negotiation. An architect is one discipline, engaged once the house is yours, and the cost advice arrives long after. True Value brings the architect, the planning consultant and the quantity surveyor to the decision itself, while the price is still moving.
Buying agent
Architect
True Value
Available before you make an offer
Shows what the property could become. Extension, layout, conversion
Tests planning feasibility before you commit
Planning consultant judgement on constraints and precedent
Turns survey findings into realistic repair costs
Quantity surveyor cost intelligence on the improvement works
Costs the work before you commit, not at tender
Design, planning and cost judgement from one team
Writes and structures your written offer
Negotiation support, built on costed evidence
Carries the design through planning and build
How the fee works
Retainer plus a percentage of the purchase price
Percentage of construction cost
Fixed fees, with success-based options. Not VAT registered, so no VAT.
Buying agent
Architect
True Value
Available before you make an offer
Available before you make an offer
Shows what the property could become. Extension, layout, conversion
Shows what the property could become. Extension, layout, conversion
Tests planning feasibility before you commit
Tests planning feasibility before you commit
Planning consultant judgement on constraints and precedent
Planning consultant judgement on constraints and precedent
Turns survey findings into realistic repair costs
Turns survey findings into realistic repair costs
Quantity surveyor cost intelligence on the improvement works
Quantity surveyor cost intelligence on the improvement works
Costs the work before you commit, not at tender
Costs the work before you commit, not at tender
Design, planning and cost judgement from one team
Design, planning and cost judgement from one team
Writes and structures your written offer
Writes and structures your written offer
Negotiation support, built on costed evidence
Negotiation support, built on costed evidence
Carries the design through planning and build
Carries the design through planning and build
How the fee works
Retainer plus a percentage of the purchase price
Percentage of construction cost
Fixed fees, with success-based options. Not VAT registered, so no VAT.
Included
Sometimes, or on a separate instruction
Not part of the role
True Value provides strategy, analysis and costed information to help you decide. We are not estate agents or RICS Registered Valuers, we do not provide valuations, and we never contact the seller. A survey is carried out by your surveyor; we cost and interpret it.
True Value provides strategy, analysis and costed information to help you decide. We are not estate agents or RICS Registered Valuers, we do not provide valuations, and we never contact the seller. A survey is carried out by your surveyor; we cost and interpret it.
Start with a free Property Workshop
Send us the property and tell us what you are hoping to achieve. We will take a look before we speak, then use the workshop to discuss its potential, possible pitfalls, likely costs and the key questions to answer before you commit. No fee, no obligation.
Start with a free Property Workshop
Send us the property and tell us what you are hoping to achieve. We will take a look before we speak, then use the workshop to discuss its potential, possible pitfalls, likely costs and the key questions to answer before you commit. No fee, no obligation.
Start with a free Property Workshop
Send us the property and tell us what you are hoping to achieve. We will take a look before we speak, then use the workshop to discuss its potential, possible pitfalls, likely costs and the key questions to answer before you commit. No fee, no obligation.
Why True Value?
Survey cost clarity
Survey cost clarity
We turn survey findings into clear, realistic repair costs, so you understand what issues matter and what fixing the property is likely to involve financially.
Understand the true potential of the property
Understand the true potential of the property
You get a clearer view of what could be changed, extended, or improved, and what may be more difficult or unlikely, so expectations are set early.
Save money on your next home
Save money on your next home
We assess whether the price properly reflects the property’s apparent condition, risks, and likely costs. Where the numbers do not stack up, we help build the evidence, strategy, and written position needed to support a more informed offer or renegotiation before you commit.
A clear improvement plan before you commit
A clear improvement plan before you commit
You gain confidence that the property can support your long-term plans, with a full end-to-end view of condition, possible changes, and realistic costs before you finally commit at exchange.
Fast-track your renovation
Fast-track your renovation
If you proceed, we can help the next stage move forward faster by building on the work already undertaken. Through True Architecture, you can be introduced to one of our talented architects or partner practices, spanning different regions, project types, and design aesthetics.
Clear, transparent fees
Clear, transparent fees
Our fees are explained clearly before work begins. Some services have fixed or percentage-based pricing, while more bespoke work is quoted around the property, scope, and level of support required.
Trusted Experts
Trusted Experts
Trusted Experts
© 2026 True Value - Property Experts is the trading name of True Value Property Advice Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 16469523. Registered office: 5 Argyle Street, Bath BA2 4BA.
© 2026 True Value - Property Experts is the trading name of True Value Property Advice Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 16469523. Registered office: 5 Argyle Street, Bath BA2 4BA.
© 2026 True Value is the trading name of True Value Property Advice Limited
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