About PacWest

Tim Down created PacWest to specialize in the appeal of property taxes whether they be for property assessment notices, parking site notices or property transfer taxes. Tim has over 20 years of real estate appraisal, valuation, consulting and property assessment appeal experience. Tim’s experience includes employment with the BC Assessment Authority for 11 years as a Supervisory Appraiser. He was also the Director of Property Tax Services in Western Canada with Colliers International as well as Vice President of Property Tax Services with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver.

Tim is an accredited appraiser with the Appraisal Institute of Canada holding their designation AACI, P. App. He is also the only professionally accredited assessor in British Columbia with the International Association of Assessing Officers holding their CAE designation. He is a professional member of the Real Estate Institute of BC holding their designation RI(BC) and is an active member of the Canadian Property Tax Association.