Director ~ Michael Sturgess, BAppSc(QS), AAIQS
Michael Sturgess has over thirty (30) years of experience in the property and construction industry.
While specialising in the area of tax depreciation, he has extensive industry experience in all facets of construction from residential to large commercial projects. He is an Associate member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) and is a registered Tax Agent for the purposes of providing depreciation reports.
Michael commenced work as a trainee quantity surveyor in 1984 and graduated as a quantity surveyor in 1990. After a period of developing and building projects under his company Southland Constructions, Michael founded Australian Cost Planners (ACP Quantity Surveyors) in 2000 as a boutique service offering customer tailored solutions. Since its inception as a single office, ACP Quantity Surveyors has grown under Michael’s direction to service property and depreciation clients Australia-wide.
As a Court recognised expert witness, Michael is frequently sought out to offer an opinion in relation to the valuation of disputed construction costs. His passion is being someone who can join all the dots and provide high end, practical advice to his clients.
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ACP for Your Property Depreciation Needs
We offer you market leading, professionally prepared tax depreciation reports at competitive prices. Compare our prices.
As leaders in our field we have provided legitimate, ATO compliant deductions to thousands of residential and commercial property investors. In short, we will help you to manage your property in a cash positive way. We are committed to best practice and as Registered Tax Agents will ensure that you receive the maximum deduction allowed by the ATO.
ACP for Construction Cost Estimates
While we specialise in tax depreciation services, we do not neglect the basis of our professional skills, that is, our ability to value construction costs. Our depreciation service is greatly complimented by our ongoing dealings with Builders, Subcontractors, Architects, Solicitors, Developers, Bankers, Government authorities and other construction industry professionals and through the provision of traditional quantity surveying services including Construction Estimates, Council DA Estimates, Project Auditing, Insurance Replacement Valuations and our Expert Witness Consultancy.
When you deal with ACP Quantity Surveyors, you can be assured that you are drawing on our years of construction experience.
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Our Professional Commitment to You
While providing a high end, professional, cost effective report is important to us, so is the experience that you have when engaging our company. If at any stage of the process you have a question or would like further clarification we ask that you discuss this with either our helpful staff or our Director.
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