Worth More Than Numbers

Started by James Stephens, P.App.(AACI), P.Ag., in 2022, Hillside Consulting provides professional appraisal services focused on understanding the story behind the land where you live, work, and play.

Services

• Valuation of woodland, natural resource, and
conservation property.

• Improved farm and agricultural land
valuation.

• Small-scale and rural commercial real estate
appraisal.

• Appraisal for use in financing, sale/purchase,
donation, tax, succession, estate planning, or
insurance purposes.

• Expert witness and litigation reporting.

• Expropriation and Land Agent Services.

• Consulting and advisory services.

Who We Work With

  • Property Owners

  • Land Trusts

  • First Nations

  • Government Agencies

  • Farmers

  • Estates

  • Small Business

  • Rural Lenders

Core Values

  • Environmental Stewardship

    We care about the earth, the land, and the environment.

  • Professional Integrity

    We hold ourselves accountable to the highest industry standards.

  • Community Engagement

    We are advocates for building strong, resilient, local communities.

  • Practical Solutions

    We approach our work with a no-nonsense outlook.

About James

James has been providing professional real estate services in Nova Scotia since 2013. He has served as President of the Nova Scotia Real Estate Appraisers Association and delivered educational programming for the International Property Tax Institute, the Canadian Property Tax Association, the Appraisal Institute of Canada, ScotiaBank, and Dalhousie University. He is a member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada and the Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists.

James is passionate about land, the environment, and building resilient communities. He is a Core Team member with the Ecological Forestry Research Initiative and MSc. Forestry candidate at the University of New Brunswick where he is researching how to integrate carbon credit valuation with traditional appraisal practice.

Land Acknowledgement

Hillside Consulting lives, works, and plays in Unama’ki, part of the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) People first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.

Contact

Let’s work together to understand the story behind your land’s value.