We were asked to carry out a valuation of the reviewers property in February 2013. Having inspected the property and considered other properties that were currently on the market we gave our advice in relation to its value and did in deed suggest that due to the stamp duty threshold it may prove difficult to achieve over £250,000; however our recommendation was to commence marketing at £259,000. It was obvious that the vendor was unhappy with our valuation and at that point told us she had had a number of other valuations at £280,000. Even knowing we would in all likelihood rule ourselves out of the chance of the instruction, we stood our ground, as our evidence did not support the other valuations . We did mention that it was not uncommon for some agents to be somewhat optimistic on their appraisals to try to secure an instruction and we did not want to offer advice that we did not feel was realistic.The vendor became rather agitated that we would not agree with the other valuations and rather than argue the point with her further, we decided we would have to agree to disagree. The land registry evidence shows that the property was eventually sold 1 year after marketing commenced,in a rising market, for £258,000. We did contact the vendor, politely asking her to remove her review as ultimately it did show that our valuation was more accurate than the others she had received, but no reply was forthcoming.