Graham Rigby

Capex Planning Makes Property More Valuable

If you’re an Owner or Manager of commercial property you may well now be planning budgets and setting targets for the year ahead and beyond.

There are a number of questions to be answered:

  • What needs to be repaired, replaced or improved?
  • What are the priorities?
  • When does it need to be done?
  • What could safely be deferred?
  • How much will it cost?
  • What will be the return?

Napier & Blakeley can help answer all of these questions and more. Our expertise extends beyond Services Engineers, Building Consultants and Quantity Surveyors who have current cost information to produce cost estimates and property tax depreciation reporting aligned to the commercial goals of your business and intentions for the property.

Spending money is not all bad news:

  • Needs can be prioritised.
  • Cash flow can be improved through capital allowances and tax depreciation.
  • Valuations can be improved. Continue reading

Napier & Blakeley servicing Western Australia since 1985

We are celebrating our 30th year in business and our long association with Western Australian property and development dating back to the foundations of N&B in 1985, and last year we opened a Perth office.

We have worked in WA throughout our 30 year history without a formal office and during that time have serviced many WA clients working on billions of dollars of their WA projects.

In 1985 N&B introduced property depreciation deductions to many Perth based property investors and since then we have worked on a substantial database of Perth and WA properties, providing a variety of services including:

  • Asset acquisition & disposal due diligence
  • Property depreciation allowances
  • Capital expenditure planning & management
  • Fire insurance reinstatement costs
  • Project and development monitoring
  • Asset efficiency modelling & management
  • Construction cost planning & management
  • Retrofitting planning & management
  • End of lease condition and make good assessments Continue reading