diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6b3797..92e1415 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 * **Breaking:** `Instance.new` now only works for instances that actually exist.
 * Added `Instance:Clone()` for copying instances all over the place, as is Roblox tradition. ([#12](https://github.com/rojo-rbx/remodel/issues/12))
 * Added `DataModel:GetService()` for finding services and creating them if they don't exist, like Roblox does. ([#10](https://github.com/rojo-rbx/remodel/issues/10))
+* Added `remodel.getRawProperty(instance, name)` for an initial stab at reading property values.
 * Fixed Remodel dropping unknown properties when reading/writing XML models. This should make Remodel's behavior line up with Rojo.
 * Improved error messages in preparation for [#7](https://github.com/rojo-rbx/remodel/issues/7) to be fixed upstream.
 
diff --git a/src/remodel_api/remodel.rs b/src/remodel_api/remodel.rs
index a4af662..f16c989 100644
--- a/src/remodel_api/remodel.rs
+++ b/src/remodel_api/remodel.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
 };
 
-use rbx_dom_weak::{RbxInstanceProperties, RbxTree};
+use rbx_dom_weak::{RbxInstanceProperties, RbxTree, RbxValue};
 use reqwest::header::{CONTENT_TYPE, COOKIE, USER_AGENT};
-use rlua::{Context, UserData, UserDataMethods};
+use rlua::{Context, ToLua, UserData, UserDataMethods};
 
 use super::LuaInstance;
 use crate::remodel_context::RemodelContext;
@@ -297,10 +297,37 @@ impl Remodel {
             )))
         }
     }
+
+    fn get_raw_property<'a>(
+        context: Context<'a>,
+        lua_instance: LuaInstance,
+        name: &str,
+    ) -> rlua::Result<rlua::Value<'a>> {
+        let tree = lua_instance.tree.lock().unwrap();
+
+        let instance = tree.get_instance(lua_instance.id).ok_or_else(|| {
+            rlua::Error::external("Cannot call remodel.GetRawProperty on a destroyed instance.")
+        })?;
+
+        match instance.properties.get(name) {
+            Some(value) => match value {
+                RbxValue::String { value } => value.as_str().to_lua(context),
+                _ => unimplemented!(),
+            },
+            None => Ok(rlua::Value::Nil),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl UserData for Remodel {
     fn add_methods<'lua, M: UserDataMethods<'lua, Self>>(methods: &mut M) {
+        methods.add_function(
+            "getRawProperty",
+            |context, (instance, name): (LuaInstance, String)| {
+                Self::get_raw_property(context, instance, &name)
+            },
+        );
+
         methods.add_function("readPlaceFile", |context, lua_path: String| {
             let path = Path::new(&lua_path);
 
diff --git a/test-scripts/get-raw-property.lua b/test-scripts/get-raw-property.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c69f165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scripts/get-raw-property.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+local model = remodel.readModelFile("test-models/folder-and-value.rbxmx")[1]
+
+local stringValue = model.String
+assert(stringValue.ClassName == "StringValue")
+
+local value = remodel.getRawProperty(stringValue, "Value")
+assert(value == "Hello")
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