How to Speed Up Your Home Appraisal Visit

✅ Be Prepared to Answer Questions – Before the appraiser arrives, provide details about your home’s upgrades, such as:

• Copper plumbing
• New windows, flooring, or cabinets
• Landscaping improvements
• A new roof
• Additional square footage or rooms
• A recent ADU garage conversion
• When the upgrades were made

✅ Inform the Appraiser About Additions – Whether permanent or temporary, we need to know about any home additions to properly assess value.

✅ Permit Status of Additions – While some additions are permitted, others may not be. We won’t report unpermitted work, but we do assess its impact on value.

✅ Quality Matters – If an addition is well-integrated, we may count it as part of the home. However, poorly executed additions that don’t meet code may be excluded from livable space calculations.

By providing this information upfront, you help us determine the most accurate comparable home values and ensure a smooth appraisal process! 🏡📏